As Deaf Awareness Week draws to a close, the Government's refusal to reconcile community claims that NZ Sign and other language learning courses for deaf people will be axed despite its assertions to the contrary is just not good enough, says Labour's Disabilities Issues spokesperson Lynne Pillay

The Government must explain how it reconciles community claims that NZ Sign Language, other language learning courses for deaf people and ESOL courses will be axed despite its assurances to the contrary, says Labour's Tertiary Education spokesperson Maryan Street.

22 July 2008 - Relationships, world issues, families, love, grief and individual observations are just some of the subjects explored by teenage poets in this year's New Zealand Post National Schools Poetry Awards.