Meet Timaru's pioneering deaf, trilingual first-year teacher

June 30, 2021
Timaru teacher Tarryn Fahey.

Tarryn Fahey does not like the label trail blazer - but she is most certainly one.

The 25-year-old is deaf, trilingual, and a first-year teacher at Timaru's Mountainview High School. 

Fahey recently presented her Masters in te reo Māori, New Zealand Sign Language and English. 

She told Seven Sharp she lost her hearing suddenly when she was 20 while on a teaching exchange in Mumbai. 

As hearing loss among young people climbs, Tarryn Fahey is doing trailblazing work.

Her hearing was affected, along with her balance and muscles, thanks to an autoimmune disease.

But, she has not let this get in the way of teaching physical education and health.

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