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Hm. Better. Ta [00:00:30] 15 The Yeah. [00:01:00] Hi. Yeah. See you. It's pretty [00:01:30] welcome. Everyone to out in the park. [00:02:00] Uh, just before we begin this week, Uh, welcome to, uh, everyone who's come along all our [00:02:30] the mayor MP S. Um, our fabulous, uh, elders, our youth. Uh, all of our community have come along today. My welcome. So just to begin our our and then following, that will be some speeches and those speeches. [00:03:00] [00:03:30] Morning. Come on. Come on. [00:04:00] That got no. Hi. Oh, I don't know. [00:04:30] Ta, then. Yeah, I in [00:05:00] my I I i [00:05:30] to I Yeah. Migrant. How are you? Hi. Hi. [00:06:00] See, Lady, Uh, good morning. And welcome to out in the park 2018. My name is Steven. I am Co-chair and part of the organising committee for our Wellington, The group that brings you out in the park and the Wellington Pride Festival to [00:06:30] we are so, uh, honoured. And, uh, privileged to have played a role in creating a diverse, inclusive and celebratory annual Wellington Pride Festival to this year has seen an incredible assortment of events which represent, promote and celebrate a variety of values we strongly believe are essential for the LGBT TQIAF plus community diversity, inclusiveness [00:07:00] and respect have been strong themes throughout our planning and the list of events that we have in our programme for the 2, uh, 18 festival. Uh, we can't wait to share them from all of us on the committee. Greg Wilson, my fellow chair. Steve and our secretary, Leon McGowan Wilson, our treasurer funding Arthur Roxy from entertainment. Elizabeth Uh uh, the fabulous person who actually put this all together for today. Uh, Richard [00:07:30] from our coms and Josh, our youth and community liaison. These people have been working tirelessly for you over the last nine months to make this and the festival a reality. Uh, we hope you enjoy it for us today. We have massive, massive a lineup of entertainment for you across the whole day. As you can see, there is over 70 stalls around for you to have a peruse. We've got some tasty food around. Uh, but I do want to take, uh, a brief moment, [00:08:00] uh, to acknowledge, uh, all the people that are not with us here today. Uh, this last year has taken quite a toll on our community, and we've lost some very strong people and strong leaders from our community. One of these, uh, is Virginia Burns. A K, a Virginia Parker Bowles. She's actually part of the reasons why myself and a lot of the committee asked that stood for the committee this year because of her beliefs and her, uh, determination to create fabulous events. Uh, and I've been given permission from her partner Jack [00:08:30] to read, uh, a piece, Uh, from vs final statement to the community before she passed away. This was, uh, for a memorial held for her, um, either Beaver. And later that evening, uh uh, after this memorial, which we managed to watch live, uh, she passed away, surrounded by friends and family. So I just want to take a minute to read this little passage. Um, and then I'd like to take a minute Silence for us to remember any of our loved ones that are not here with us today. He was diagnosed with [00:09:00] breast cancer in 2013. It stopped me from committing, uh, continuing my community work. And I'm really annoyed about that, but I'm excited about what? You lovely. Uh, li can get out and together and achieve all around this park today, Uh, there is talent and skill and willingness to build on the past successes. So if your event mildly interested, [00:09:30] jump in and get involved, as they say, Sorry, uh, make Wellington's queer events as big shiny as they can be. There's room for everyone you know you want to. Anything that pops in your head can be done. There is plenty of people to help you to achieve your vision. You just have to treat them well. And you will find the right to support the event and connect with your audience. Took my love. Virginia, please take a moment. Silence. [00:10:00] Thank you. Uh, it is now my honour to welcome to the stage, uh, our fabulous mayor of Wellington, Justin Lester, to open our festivities. [00:10:30] Thank you very much, Stephen. I do want to acknowledge a few people here amongst, uh, the many young people, uh, and, uh, our entire community, uh, Paul Eagle, Louisa Wall and Jan Logie. Great to see you all here. And thank you for your support up in the big house in Parliament as well. Uh, 32 years we've been having it out in the park in the city, and it's getting bigger, bolder and brighter every year. And I know next year is going to be a busy year. Uh, to, [00:11:00] uh, the next 12 months, in total next year will be hosting the conference, Uh, for the first time in Wellington for the first time here in the Southern Hemisphere. And we're looking to mark that in the city as well, by creating a pride precinct in and around Cuba, street with rainbow crossings and flags and being bold and bright and making sure the entire city and all of New Zealand is aware of our support for the pride community. So I'm really looking forward to that. Uh, why is this important for us? And why do we want to celebrate? [00:11:30] Uh, the Pride community? Or we wanna make sure we're, uh, inclusive, that we're diverse and that we're making a safe environment for all of our young people. All of our and the entire pride community. So today enjoy you being you And what, right now, I'd like to welcome to the stage uh, Jan Logie to say a few words. Yeah, [00:12:00] it is lovely to see all of your faces. and to have seen all our young people coming in to this space today. It kind of gives me hope. Um, for where we're going, Um I do too. Want to, um, acknowledge those who have passed in the last year? Um, V and Shelley Howard and Dana Demilo. These are were really important [00:12:30] people to a lot of us who opened up the space for us to be able to stand here and feel strong and proud. And, you know, while we celebrate with pride all too often there's still underlying grief for our friends and people we love who, um, have, you know, past or, um being a victim to the discrimination that we're fighting against. So, [00:13:00] um, I want to acknowledge everyone, um, here, who is continuing to stand proud and strong to make sure that those spaces are free and open for all of us to be as wonderful and fabulous as we are and yeah, yes, and all of our diversity and the absolute brightness and wonderfulness [00:13:30] that we give to communities when we're able to be ourselves in all of our diversity. And I want to let you know that in parliament we are doing our best to keep that fight going to get rid of the discrimination and to make sure that everyone has access to good health care, safe environments and the freedom to be. And we know we still have work to do, and we are committed to doing that for all of us. [00:14:00] Thank you, Jen. That's also my honour to welcome Louisa Wall and Paul Eagle to the stage to say a few words like to acknowledge Kevin and our and also our amazing inside out for marching to this amazing out in the park event. So I want [00:14:30] to to Justin and our council leadership for providing this opportunity. So I've flown down from Tamaki Mako because your MP grant Robin Robertson is over at the Winter Olympics. So I'm the But we also have here the amazing Paul Eagle who's the MP for. And I know that Paul, uh, to our community 100% just adding on what Jan said. And I'd like to acknowledge the leadership [00:15:00] of Jan because we do have a cross party that is fighting hard for our rights. But we can't do the work that we do without you because It's all about all of us being really clear about what our needs and aspirations are and us using the platform that we have as members of parliament, to advocate and to be activists sometimes about what our needs and aspirations are. I see the amazing Georgina buyer down here, one [00:15:30] of our icons, and I just want us all to remember that 32 years ago, when this event started, we were fighting homosexual law reform, and it was about us being equal citizens in our own country, and we've come a long way since then, but we've got a long way to go. So we're all here today to celebrate all of us. The LGBTI Q two plus plus plus, whatever it might be, [00:16:00] this is about being inclusive. There's no I guess, opinions or decisions made about how people express themselves because we need a community that embraces one another, and we collectively experience discrimination and stigmatisation. And today is a day where we're all free to be who we are. Paul, would you like to have a little? I think Look, I endorse everything that Lusa has said, and we were talking just before [00:16:30] we came up on stage and said today is about love too. So we thought, Let's sing to a together. So we're going to get you up on your feet and I'm going to get our wonderful here, uh, to kick us off on the And for those who don't know it, just listen in and pick up a few key words and let's all do this together. Um, [00:17:00] no. Oh, my God. Come here. Yeah. [00:17:30] Cheers down. Um, here, Kai Koto killed up. Yes, the main city of [00:18:00] now [00:18:30] Yeah, yeah, yeah 1010 Yeah, [00:19:00] yeah, yeah [00:19:30] fun in my dark care night bye. We we We are not [00:20:00] won it I food Exactly in my Yeah. No. Yeah, but [00:20:30] what? That Well, But then, uh, you know so again [00:21:00] you know. Oh, you please join me and thank it again. Thank you to WW for opening our festival for us. Just one note from our Fear Director Elizabeth Marshall. She's the one again that was here to to put this together. She just wants to make sure that you guys have a fantastic day today to keep coming to these events, [00:21:30] to keep enjoying yourselves and to keep having fun just as V wanted. Just so you want to know these programmes for the festival over at a HQ Over there There's a big one on the board But right now it is my honour to officially open out in the park and the Wellington Pride Festival to please welcome your MC today our youth MC, Lucy and the fabulous mixed capital drag Harley Lux Hello [00:22:00] and welcome to Out in the park 2018 I'm your youth MC for the day Lucy Flores and I am Miss Capital Drag 2017 Harley las So, Lucy, are you excited for today? I am very excited. Are you guys excited for today? I wanna hear you say that a little loud. Are you excited for today? [00:22:30] That's more like it. So, Lucy, what does pride mean to you? Well, this is my third year coming to out in the park. The first year I came was 2016 and I came. It was probably a few months after I came out to my mum. Um, I came out to her while we were watching MasterChef, and I was like, Ok, I'm gonna do it in the first ad break, and [00:23:00] I didn't do it until the ending credits because I was so nervous. But it went really well. And a few months later, we came to out in the park 2016, which was the year the parade went around the waterfront and, yeah, last year was amazing. And little did I know that I would be standing here M seeing the entire day this year. Yeah. So, Harley, what does pride [00:23:30] mean to you? Um, pride means, uh so this is probably the fifth or sixth out in the park. I have been to, um and pride means to me is it's It's just so amazing to see everybody just coming together and celebrating family. Um, this is the second time I've ever stood on this stage. And last year I was just performing, and now I'm co MC with the gorgeous Lucy, and it is the most amazing experience, and it's so amazing to see all your gorgeous faces. [00:24:00] So let's have a great day. So we would just like to thank really quickly Park Road post production who have set up this entire stage in lighting. They are an internationally renowned purpose built facility, providing award winning sound and picture finishing in Miramar. [00:24:30] Alright and we also would like to thank Wellington Hospitality Group, Wellington's leading and fastest growing hospitality group with 18 different venues and our local region. They are passionate at about about thriving Wellington and supporting our local communities. Amazing! Now whose first time is it here today? Oh, we've got heaps in the front. That's exciting. Are you having a good time? [00:25:00] And whose second time is it? Amazing! Alright. Can we do some practising of applause now? Are you ready? Can you give me a five out of 10 round of applause? Ok, what about a seven out of 10 round of applause? [00:25:30] And what about a 10 out of 10 round of a ball? No. Alright. I would love to bring on your first act for this amazing day. They are the invisible bisexuals. You probably haven't seen them, but with yuk and violin in hand, these lounge lizards play good old fashioned parlour tunes just like your Nana likes dripping [00:26:00] with filthy innuendo. Also just how your Nana likes Please give a 10 out of 10 round of applause for the invisible bisexual. Can I talk? I.
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