In: Groups and Organisations
Agender New Zealand
Cherise Witehira, president of Agender New Zealand, talks about how the organisation supports transgender people and their families. Cherise also talks about transitioning and...
Published: May 2012
In: South: Otago
Amelia
Amelia talks about bullying, living in Dunedin and flatting situations that are homophobic and sexist...
Published: May 2014
In: Groups and Organisations
Aunty Danas Op Shop
Aunty Dana's offers a safe environment in Wellington for transgender and gender diverse communities to shop for clothing and accessories...
Published: December 2018
In: People of colour Decolonisation hui
Belinda Borell
Belinda gives a keynote presentation at the hui...
Published: February 2012
In: HIV/AIDS in Aotearoa New Zealand
Bill Logan
Bill talks about the early years of HIV AIDS in Wellington, and the response by groups like the Wellington Gay Switchboard and the AIDS...
Published: May 2015
In: Proud 2016
Bisexual plenary
Audio from the bisexual plenary, including the gameshow We Want It All. 0:00:07 - We Want It All - the Biphobia Gameshow
0:01:55 - [Hinemoana...
Published: March 2016
In: Wairarapa - Q12
Brad
Brad talks about being gay in 2012...
Published: September 2012
In: People
Brendan Goudswaard
Brendan talks about growing up and being a facilitator with Schools Out - a queer youth group in Wellington. This interview was funded by...
Published: April 2010
In: Queen of the Whole Universe
Campbell Gordon
Recorded before he won Queen of the Whole Universe as Ms Spain, Campbell talks about performing in the beauty pageant...
Published: July 2012
In: Carmen Rupe
Carmen Rupe interview (1991)
Jack Body interviews Carmen Rupe about her life. The recording was made at Carmen's apartment in Kings Cross, Sydney in 1991. A special...
Published: January 1991
In: Butch on Butch
Cathie
Cathie describes what it is like being queer in the legal profession and doing stand-up comedy...
Published: April 2015
In: Proud 2016
Closing plenary
Audio from the closing plenary hosted by Ros Noonan. This is followed by the poroporoaki led by Richard Tankersley and Elizabeth Kerekere...
Published: March 2016
In: Parliamentary proceedings: homosexual law reform
Committee of the Whole House (5 March 1986)
Audio from parts of the Committee of the Whole House during the Homosexual Law Reform Bill, 5 March 1986. A more detailed log...
Published: March 1986
In: Arts and Media
Confessions of a Drag Queen
Ricky Burjac talks about Confessions of a Drag Queen...
Published: December 2010
In: Carmen Rupe
Dana de Milo on Carmen Rupe
Dana talks about her friendship with Carmen, working at The Balcony and sex work in the 1970s. Dana has also done another interview about...
Published: December 2012
In: Q12 Whanganui
David
David talks about being young and gay in 2012...
Published: August 2012
In: Relationships
Emma and John Kelly
Emma and John talk about their daughter / father relationship...
Published: March 2013
In: Q12 Hawke's Bay
Erik
Erik talks about being young and gay in 2012...
Published: September 2012
In: Queen of the Whole Universe
Evan Donnelly
Evan talks about performing in the Queen of the Whole Universe beauty pageant...
Published: May 2012
In: Out in the Park participants (2018)
Fiona McNamara
Fiona McNamara talks about the Sexual Abuse Prevention Network...
Published: February 2018
In: Snapshot 2000
First same-sex experience
First same-sex experience In this podcast compilation participants talk about their first same-sex experiences...
Published: January 2000
In: People
Gareth Watkins on Queer Radio Brisbane
Gareth Watkins on Queer Radio Brisbane Gareth Watkins is the founder of PrideNZ.com. Ten years before the website launched in 2009, Gareth was interviewed...
Published: July 1999
In: Georgina Beyer
Georgina Beyer
Georgina reflects on her childhood, various careers and time in public office. Georgina has also recorded interviews about
significant legislation (prostitution reform, civil unions and...
Published: January 2013
In: Georgina Beyer
Georgina Beyer - places and personalities
Georgina remembers some of the clubs, venues and personalities in Wellington from the mid-1970s and her time in Auckland in the 1980s. Georgina has...
Published: January 2013
In: Butch on Butch
Glenda
Glenda talks about growing up in a single-parent household in the 1950s, homosexual law reform and identifying as an effeminate lesbian feminist...
Published: April 2015
In: South: Canterbury
Hamish
Hamish talks about identifying as gay and living in Christchurch...
Published: May 2014
In: HIV/AIDS in Aotearoa New Zealand
HIV/AIDS panel discussion
Audio from a panel discussion on HIV/AIDS, held at the New Zealand Film Archive in Wellington on 30 April 2014. On the panel: Ron...
Published: April 2014
In: Beyond Rainbows
Jack
Jack talks about sex work...
Published: May 2015
In: Q12 Hawke's Bay
James
James talks about being young and gay in 2012...
Published: September 2012
In: Q12 Auckland
Jasper
Jasper talks about being young and gay in 2012...
Published: February 2012
In: Q12 Hawke's Bay
Jeremy
Jeremy talks about being young and gay in 2012...
Published: September 2012
In: People
Joe
Joe describes what it was like to go through the magnitude 7.1 and 6.3 earthquakes that struck Canterbury in 2010 and 2011...
Published: May 2012
In: John Jakeman
John Jakeman profile
John Jakeman talks about growing up in Wellington in the 1950s, working at the Royal Oak tavern in the 1970s, police persecution, homosexual law...
Published: May 2017
In: Events
Johnny Croskery tribute
Audio from the tribute night to the late Johnny Croskery held at Scotty and Mal's Cocktail and Lounge Bar in Wellington. Johnny passed...
Published: May 2012
In: Q12 Hawke's Bay
Joseph
Joseph talks about being young and gay in 2012...
Published: September 2012
In: People
Kevin
Kevin talks about growing up in the 1960s, friendship with Carmen Rupe and the LGBTI rainbow scene in Wellington in the 1970s and later...
Published: November 2021
In: People
Kym Strathdee
Since the 1970s Kym Strathdee has photographed queer events and people around the world - including in Auckland, Wellington, Sydney, Melbourne and San Francisco...
Published: June 2022
In: Queen of the Whole Universe
Maggie Munford
Maggie talks about performing in the Queen of the Whole Universe beauty pageant...
Published: June 2012
In: AIDS Memorial Quilt
Michael Bancroft
Michael, guardian of the NZ AIDS Memorial Quilt, talks about the history of the quilt in New Zealand...
Published: June 2010
In: Preserve - Creating Our Stories
Miriam Saphira
Miriam talks about establishing the Charlotte Museum Trust - a museum based in Auckland that collects and preserves artefacts of lesbian culture in New...
Published: March 2012
In: People
Miscellaneouslee
Miscellaneouslee talks about family life, Auckland in the 1980s and performing in drag...
Published: October 2013
In: Q12 Auckland
Nicolas
Nicolas talks about being young and gay in 2012...
Published: February 2012
In: Same Same But Different (2016)
Now and Then
Audio from the session: Now and Then. A mash-up of readings of new voices and established writers noted for their evocation of our challenging...
Published: February 2016
In: Queer History in the Making
Open mic sessions
Audio from the open mic sessions held during the community event Queer History in the Making, where individuals and community groups were invited to...
Published: September 2015
In: Events
OuterSpaces
OuterSpaces information evening. OuterSpaces is a collaborative initiative between Wellington's gender and sexuality diverse youth support organisations: School's Out, Tranzform, Naming New Zealand...
Published: May 2016
In: Same Same But Different (2016)
Paddling Your Own Waka
Audio from the session: Paddling Your Own Waka. In a world of the internet, global publishing companies no longer have the same power as...
Published: February 2016
In: The Book That Turned the Light On - Same Same But Different writers festival
Part 1
Audio from the session: The Book That Turned the Light On. In a past of illegality and stigma, books asserted a powerful presence. For...
Published: February 2016
In: People
Peri Te Wao
Peri talks about growing up and transitioning from female to male...
Published: April 2010
In: Poutokomanawa: The Carmen Rupe Generation
Poutokomanawa storytelling
As part of the exhibition Poutokomanawa: The Carmen Rupe Generation, community members came together to recount stories of people, places and events in Wellington...
Published: October 2019
In: Homosexual Law Reform
Prue Hyman
Prue takes Jac Lynch through a personal archive of newspaper articles, letters and submissions made in support of homosexual law reform...
Published: November 2015
In: Arts and Media
Queer radio in the United Kingdom
Matthew Linfoot talks about the history of gay and lesbian radio in the United Kingdom...
Published: January 2011
In: Documentary
QWU documentary
A documentary that follows participants in the last Queen of the Whole Universe beauty pageant. More interviews with the participants can be found here...
Published: July 2012
In: AIDS Memorial Quilt
Radio advert
Radio advert used to promote viewings of the New Zealand AIDS Memorial at the Manukau City Shopping Centre in late 1994. This advert was...
Published: October 1994
In: HIV/AIDS in Aotearoa New Zealand
Ray
Ray talks about the history of HIV+ support groups in Canterbury - including Body Positive Canterbury and POS Plus. Ray also talks about the...
Published: May 2012
In: HIV/AIDS in Aotearoa New Zealand
Remembering Bruce Burnett
Kate Leslie remembers Bruce Burnett - an early AIDS educator and activist in New Zealand. Bruce returned to New Zealand from San Francisco in...
Published: October 2012
In: Events
Remembering the Evergreen and Chrissy Witoko
The Evergreen Coffee House was a haven for the LGBTQIA+ community in the 1980s and 1990s in Wellington. Established by Chrissy Witoko, it still...
Published: July 2022
In: Religion and Spirituality
Rev. Clay Nelson
Clay talks about his work with St Matthew-in-the-City; particularly organising the church billboards that have gained international attention...
Published: January 2013
In: Queen of the Whole Universe
Robert Grieve
Robert talks about being part of the Queen of the Whole Universe beauty pageant...
Published: June 2012
In: Snapshot 2000
Scott
Scott talks about coming out and first sexual experience...
Published: January 2000
In: People
Scott Johnston
Scott talks about coming out in the 1980s and being one of the creators of the Hero parade - which at its peak in...
Published: May 2013
In: Queen of the Whole Universe
Seamas Gormley
Seamas talks about performing in the Queen of the Whole Universe beauty pageant...
Published: July 2012
In: Beyond conference
Session 1
Audio from the session: Transfemininities and transmisogyny. A facilitated discussion on the experiences of, and the unique ways sexism and transphobia affects those who...
Published: October 2013
In: Beyond conference
Session 11
Audio from the session: Fighting homophobia, transphobia and bigotry in our communities. Social transformation means transformation of our own communities; our workplaces, schools, homes...
Published: October 2013
In: C.L.I.T Fest Wellington 2013
Session 6
Audio from the session: Desire as social currency and how desire is constructed around stigmatised and non-normative bodies. Participants include Dee Dewitt and Wai...
Published: June 2013
In: Beyond conference
Session 8
Audio from the session: Beyond parenting. While the passing of marriage rights for same-sex couples addressed some issues with our adoption laws, these laws...
Published: October 2013
In: Arts and Media
Sian Torrington
Sian Torrington, curator of the Topp Twins exhibition, talks about the process of developing the exhibition at Te Manawa Museum in Palmerston North. The...
Published: July 2017
In: Homosexual Law Reform
Ted Greensmith-West
In the 30th anniversary year of homosexual law reform, Ted considers three areas that still require attention: legislative change, social acceptance and international diplomacy...
Published: June 2016
In: Rainbow Politicians
Tim Barnett
Tim Barnett talks about growing up in the United Kingdom; becoming Britain's "first professional homosexual"; moving to New Zealand and becoming a Member of...
Published: November 2013
In: Trans Awareness Week 2019
Trans Awareness Week Gala
Interviews with participants and stall holders at the Trans Awareness Week Gala. The event was held at the Newtown Community and Cultural Centre on...
Published: November 2019
In: Events
Tranzform - 2nd hand clothing sale
Ariki Brightwell talks about Tranzform's first 2nd hand clothing sale, which takes place on Sunday 23 October 2016 in Wellington. You can visit...
Published: October 2016
In: Rainbow Studies Now 2023
Welby Ings - keynote
Professor Welby Ings delivers the keynote address at the symposium Rainbow Studies Now: Legacies of Community. Welby is introduced by Dr. Rebekah Galbraith...
Published: November 2023
In: Wellington Pride Festival 2019
Wellington International Pride Parade 2019
Audio from the Wellington International Pride Parade held in May 2019. The parade was originally meant to take place on 16 March, but...
Published: May 2019
In: Events
Wellington Mayoral Candidates Event 2022
Audio from the Mayoral Candidates event organised by Rainbow Wellington. The event was held at St Peter's Church on Willis Street on 27...
Published: September 2022
In: Walk Tours
Wellington waterfront
Take a self-guided circular 1-hour walk tour around the Wellington waterfront and discover some historic rainbow locations. Most of the 24 locations have companion...
Published: January 2016