What is the third official language in New Zealand?
Correct answer: Sign Language
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It’s questions like these that make me love this game 👍🏽
happydoghappycat
New Zealand is unique and awesome.
Hugo
This question is really interesting! Bravo to NZ! One of my favorite (in top 10) countries in the world! 🇳🇿
catsmeow9810
I have a deaf niece, so this warms my hewrt!
Player #19532302
Love this, it should be done worldwide
timmy rocks
New Zealand is amazing. I hope to go one day
Dee Dee
I have interpreted for the deaf for years. I would love to compare the Maori Sign Language to American Sign Language. That is interesting that it is a national language. I wonder why the United States has not done this.
Player #18965562
happydoghappycat, Nga mihi. Kia tautoko koe. Thank you I agree with you. I love my country Aotearoa, NZ
Player #1791620
it should be taught in schools in every country
ChewyGazelle68623
What a country New Zealand must be!! Nobody else has ""sign language"" as an official language!! My hat is off to New Zealand!! Brougt a tear to my eyes!!
Player #125843019
English is the NUMBER 1,second language in the world.
Player #125843019
Player #6777010, if English was not recognised until 2018, it was spoken centuries before.
Player #125843019
Player #37936196, how come 95% of the people speak English, if it was not the first language
Player #125843019
Spent 6 years plus there in the 70,s it's come on a long way since then, when we were about to land the pilot said put your watches back 30 years, it's changed a lot
Jackie
Player #19532302, 41 countries have done this, including 4 in Africa
Player #120374466
It's amazing how many deaf people there are in the world!
Jenny
Dee Dee, I’m American now living in NZ. I know American Sign Language, and it is so much simpler than NZSL, which requires both hands to sign letters.
DawnyG
I learned sign language, it’s hard but really good, I think they should teach it in schools
Player #79640476
happydoghappycat, especially arden and her regime
Rover277
should be compulsory in ALL schools
Player #35387966
Thumbs up to New Zealand and the rest of the world should follow suit.
sharon
Player #2683212, I have friends in Texas and sign language is a popular subject in schools. I wish we had choice in UK.
Robert
MoodyChef92025, it's not hard to learn sign language.
Robert
Player #1791620, I agree!!
Robert
Being deaf and hard of hearing since about 2 yrs old, I was allowed to use sign language in our home. My parents were pretty strict about that, They thought it was embarrassing. Lucky for me, my younger sister taught me sign language around 7 yrs old. It wasn't until my teen years that I was finally allowed to attend a deaf school. It changed my life. What New Zealand has done, I wish the rest of the world would recognize sign language as a universal language. That would be awesome.
londongirl
VagabondDefender3753, i visited NZ and AUS ... my experience of NZ was incredible, such beauty and wonderful friendly people . Not so in AUS where arrogance was encounter daily !
Monica
I would love to visit one day
Lulu
Player #2683212, I'm not sure it would be Maori per se but probably a version of ASLAN..Australian sign language but I'm not sure
Destynee Everly
I am taking sign language lesson and I’d love to be able to use that to communicate with people who uses it. Good for NZ to use sign language an official language for the country.
Player Julz
Player #39252459, yes it is. Maybe try Googling it!
Player #46791793
Player #2683212, because it is unnecessary. All legal proceedings are done with regard to any language barriers in the case of criminal proceedings and civil also recognizes the use of sign language or other assistance needed for accommodation of a whole host of disabilities. if you were to.look on the official government docs and in official areas, you will notice lots of signage and explanatory notes referencing the availability of other forms of language and communication to many communities, including the deaf, blind, visually impaired, etc.
Player #45703072
If Maori was recognised in 1987, Sign in 2006 and English not until 2018, was there no official language before 1987? Doesn't sound right to me...
bribiepete
Player JAZ00, women first voted in Wyoming in 1890, not 1870. A great achievement.
Player #39252459
English is not an official language of NZ, Maori and NZ Sign are our two official languages.
Player #37936196
Sign language is the second official language, with Maaori first and English third
Agit8or
Admirable social equaliser
Player 10
I live in NZ and have tried contributing by learning the 3rd language.🎁
MoodyChef92025
That's awesome . I have always wanted to learn sign language.
Player #7314249
I love the Maori new zealand anthem but suspect that the sign language may lose something in the translation