See it. Sign it. Change it.
This August, people across Aotearoa came together through Sign for Change to learn 30 NZSL signs and help make one of New Zealand’s official languages more visible.
The challenge may have finished, but the learning doesn’t have to. You can still explore all 30 Sign for Change NZSL videos, discover our bonus content, access downloadable resources and find simple ways to keep building your NZSL learning.
Whether you took part in August or are discovering Sign for Change for the first time, the resources are here whenever you’re ready to keep learning.
Aotearoa Signed For Change
Thank you to everyone who helped make Sign for Change part of classrooms, workplaces, preschools, homes and communities across Aotearoa.
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30 Days of NZSL
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Week 1: Getting Started
Welcome to Sign for Change!
This week, you'll begin discovering New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL), one of Aotearoa New Zealand's three official languages.
Let's start by learning a few everyday signs.
Week 2: Connection
This week's theme is Connection.
Connection begins with learning.
This week, you'll discover everyday NZSL signs that you can practise and share with your friends, whānau, classmates or colleagues.
Day 9: How are you? Day 13: Talk
Week 3: Everyday NZSL
This week’s theme is Everyday NZSL.
New Zealand Sign Language is used every day—in homes, schools, workplaces and communities across Aotearoa.
This week, you'll learn everyday signs that you can practise and share with your friends, whānau, classmates or colleagues.
Week 4: Celebrating NZSL
This week's theme is Celebrating NZSL.
Over the past few weeks, you've discovered everyday New Zealand Sign Language signs and learned more about one of Aotearoa New Zealand's three official languages.
This week, we'll finish by learning signs that celebrate connection, community and New Zealand Sign Language.
Bonus Content - Directional/Inflecting signs
In NZSL, some signs are directional/inflecting, meaning the direction of movement shows who is doing the action and who is receiving it. HELP and GIVE are great examples. The starting and ending points indicate who is giving what to whom.
This bonus content allows us to explore the richness and grammar of NZSL a bit further.
How Many Signs Do You Recognise?
Think you know a little NZSL? Put yourself to the test with our quick Sign for Change online quiz. You don’t need to have completed the challenge to give it a go.
Keep Learning NZSL
If Sign for Change sparked your interest in NZSL, here are two ways to keep building your knowledge and confidence of NZSL.
- Explore Learn NZSL, an online resource designed to help you learn NZSL at your own pace.
- Use the NZSL Dictionary to look up signs, explore their meanings and continue expanding your vocabulary.
Campaign Resources
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Help Shape Sign for Change
Did you take part this year? We’d love to hear what worked well and what we could improve. Your feedback will help us shape future Sign for Change activities.
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