Location: 288 Cuba Street, Wellington View on Map
Carmen Rupe moved her curio shop here in 1971. The original site of the shop was at 88 Vivian Street, next to the original Carmen's International Coffee Lounge. The third and final location of the curio the shop was in Plimmer Emporium at the top of Plimmer Steps. This location is on the New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero maintained by Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga. Link: Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga
In: Events
Always Here
Kerryn Pollock, senior advisor at Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga, the country's national historic heritage agency, talks about the Rainbow List Project. The project...
Published: August 2022
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: 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...
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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: Groups and Organisations
The Rainbow List Project
Kerryn Pollock, senior advisor at Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga, the country's national historic heritage agency, talks about the Rainbow List Project. The...
Published: September 2024