Documentary

This section contains a selection of documentaries with multiple voices and viewpoints.

A Happy Memory

A group of men reflect back on a happy gay memory...

Tags: 1970s, 1990s, aotearoa new zealand, gay, hiv/aids, programme...

Published: 1999

In this Radio New Zealand Spectrum documentary from 1973, Jack Perkins visits clubs and strip-joints on Karangahape Road, Auckland. The recording is part of the Radio New Zealand collection and is available on the Nga Taonga website - listen to it here...

Tags: 1970s, alcohol, external resource, homosexual, transexual, transgender...

Published: 1973

Discharge

Darren talks about being discharged from the Royal New Zealand Air Force on the grounds that he was a practicing homosexual...

Tags: employment, family, homophobia, human rights, military, programme...

Published: 1999

Educating Gays

Explore what it's like to be gay at school - both as a student and as a teacher at the end of the 20th Century...

Tags: 1980s, 1990s, coming out, education, gay, transcript online...

Published: 1999

Hotel Homo

Explores what it's like to work in the hospitality industry...

Tags: 1980s, 1990s, bars, gay, hospitality, hotel...

Published: 1999

Loyal

A group of men talk about coming out after marrying and having children...

Tags: 1990s, aotearoa new zealand, family, parenting, programme, wellington...

Published: 1999

Neon Rainbow

A group of men reflect on drug and alcohol use in the gay community...

Tags: 1970s, 1980s, alcohol and drug abuse, depression, gay, transcript online...

Published: 1999

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...