The title of this recording is "Peter Sagar". It was recorded in Wellington Town Hall, 101 Wakefield Street, Wellington on the 16th March 2011. Peter Sagar is being interviewed by Jim Whitman.  Their names are spelt correctly but may appear incorrectly spelt later in the document. The duration of the recording is 4 minutes. A list of correctly spelt content keywords and tags can be found at the end of this document. A brief description of the recording is: In this podcast Peter Sagar from New Zealand talks about attending the human rights conference. The content in the recording covers the 2010s decade. A brief summary of the recording is: In a recently released podcast, recorded at the Wellington Town Hall, the president of GLIER Asia Pacific, Peter Sagar, discussed the significance of the Asia Pacific Outgames and its role in advocating for human rights, sports, and culture. This conference is highlighted as a dynamic platform where these three pillars come together, emphasizing the importance of equal treatment, fair play, and the dignity of all individuals, particularly those from the gay and lesbian community. The interview, conducted by Jim Whitman, explores Sagar's perspective on how the principles of sportsmanship - such as equality and fair play - can and should be extended to the broader society, advocating for fairness and equality in the realm of human rights. Sagar emphasizes the holistic representation of human beings embodied at the games, which promotes the unity of mind, body, and spirit through active participation. The conversation delved into the progression from the inaugural Asia Pacific Outgames held in Melbourne in 2008, to the current conference in Wellington, and considered future events. Sagar expressed the need to maintain momentum in human rights discussions, measure progress, and carry these important dialogues forward. The overarching goal is to sustain engagement and scrutiny of human rights advancements within the region. Sagar also addressed the logistical and community aspects of these events. Having visited Wellington previously as part of the preparations for the 2011 games, Sagar voiced pleasure in witnessing the realization of an idea into a successful event. The experience of seeing conceptual plans transform into tangible outcomes in Wellington was praised as a remarkable feat. The podcast further discusses GLIER Asia Pacific's strategies for preserving the human rights conversation between games. One solution posited was to facilitate the exchange of information and ideas through the Asia Pacific Outgames website, encouraging volunteers and human rights advocates to contribute. Sagar called for cities and communities to express their interest in hosting future Asia Pacific Outgames, with the aim of holding these events every three to four years. Additionally, if community interest supported it, annual human rights conferences could also be considered. In the broader scope of aspirational aims, Sagar hints at a desire for more frequent community gatherings around specific topics, particularly human rights, to continue nurturing dialogue and network building. While the Asia Pacific Outgames act as a triennial event, there is openness to additional summits that align with the community's needs and the pace of progress in the region. The full transcription of the recording begins:  Peter, would you say who you are? Yes, I'm the president of Glier Asia Pacific, which is which is the Asia Pacific network of sport, culture and human rights organisations. So we oversee the selections of host cities and and stand for having events like the Asia Pacific Out games where we have sport, culture and human rights all coming together. That was the three pillars. That's right. They're the three components, three pillars of an Out games. And I think it's great where we can have a focus on human rights. Whilst people are also playing sport and celebrating culture, it's about reflecting. You know us as human beings, our mind, our body and our spirit and advocating, celebrating and creating change. Yes, what happens on the sports field is also something that can happen in human rights. I suppose as well. I think it's, you know, it's interesting seeing, like on a sports field. There's that you know, that equal, equal treatment that, um, that fair play, Um and we should be able to take that into the, you know, the human rights environment, where gay and lesbian people, um, are treated fairly, are treated equally and have um, the dignity to live, live, live their life, fully active. Participation? Yeah, that that that's interesting. How you you You're a visitor to Wellington. Is this the first time you've come? Uh, no. I've been to Wellington a couple of times, uh, as part of our, um, you know, as part of working with Wellington 2011 in the preparation for the games. So it's abs absolutely fantastic seeing seeing what was an idea in people's mind and seeing it come to fruition. Uh, so that's just it's just awesome. But I think one of the for me an interesting thing for our region is how do we take what happened at the Human Rights conference at the first Asia Pacific Out Games that were held in Melbourne in 2008? How do we take what happened in Melbourne? What's happening in Wellington and keep that alive measure or look at the progress and so we can take that forward into the third Asia Pacific Out games, whoever wherever that may be. Um, I think that that's an important challenge for us to keep that human rights debate live, uh, for us all to engage in it and and look at the progress. Yeah, yeah, that's And how, in the meantime, do you think you might do that? I think there's an opportunity for human rights individuals and organisations, uh, being part of the glia Pacific Network, being part of our conversation and working with people to to post things on the a P website or point people to get that information. So we look forward to people sticking up their hands saying Yes II, I I'm happy to help out. I'm happy to contribute to glia a P being part of that that network, that sharing of information How long is it to the next Asia Pacific? Out At the moment, we're we're interested in cities and communities saying we would like to hold it. We're looking at holding it in 2014. So the idea that every three years we would have an Asia Pacific Out games or some forums for us to get together forums? That idea. Yeah. I mean, I think if there are parts of our community that say, Let's get together more frequently on on a particular topic, say on human rights, then you know we'd like to be part of that that conversation. So if that means we should have an annual Asia Pacific human rights conference, then we can do that. But as part of an Asia Pacific outcomes, we see that being every 3 to 4 years. The full transcription of the recording ends. A list of keywords/tags describing the recording follow. These tags contain the correct spellings of names and places which may have been incorrectly spelt earlier in the document. The tags are seperated by a semi-colon: 2010s ; Africa ; Asia Pacific Outgames (2011) ; Asian ; Events ; Melbourne ; Pacific ; People ; Peter Sagar ; Wellington ; Wellington Town Hall ; change ; community ; conference ; conversation ; culture ; dignity ; environment ; gay ; human rights ; lesbian ; march ; opportunity ; sport ; time ; website. The original recording can be heard at this website https://www.pridenz.com/apog_peter_sagar.html. The master recording is also archived at the Alexander Turnbull Library in Wellington, New Zealand.  For more details visit their website https://tiaki.natlib.govt.nz/#details=ecatalogue.1089474. Peter Sagar also features audibly in the following recordings: "AsiaPacific Outgames closing". Please note that this document may contain errors or omissions - you should always refer back to the original recording to confirm content.