Making a Difference

In early 2011, after a public nomination process, PrideNZ.com and the GABA Charitable Trust selected eight Aucklanders to be interviewed about making a positive difference in the queer community.

  • Anne Speir

    Anne Speir

    Anne talks about growing up, working in the media, activism in the 1970s and 1980s, working on the Hero...

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    • activism, gay liberation, media, performance, profile, television...
  • Aunty Wai Mason

    Aunty Wai Mason

    Aunty Wai talks about being a kaumatua for the NZ AIDS Foundation...

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    • 1980s, auckland, health, hiv/aids, new zealand aids foundation, profile...
  • Geoffrey Marshall

    Geoffrey Marshall

    Geoffrey talks about growing up, Heroic Gardens and the Gay Auckland Business Association (GABA)...

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    • 1960s, auckland, gaba, gay, heroic gardens, profile...
  • Johnny Givins

    Johnny Givins

    Johnny talks about growing up, producing the television series Queer Nation and documenting the Hero parades...

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    • auckland, gay, media, performance, profile, television...
  • Jonathan Smith

    Jonathan Smith

    Jonathan talks about growing up and creating, and running the Queen of the Whole Universe beauty pageant...

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    • arts, drag, hiv/aids, performance, profile, relationships...
  • Karen Ritchie

    Karen Ritchie

    Karen talks about growing up and the Cartier Trust...

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    • 1980s, auckland, cartier trust, health, hiv/aids, new zealand aids foundation...
  • Katija Vlatkovich

    Katija Vlatkovich

    Katija talks about growing up, working with Rainbow Youth and organizing Proud Mary...

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    • activism, coming out, family, music, performance, youth...
  • Miriam Saphira

    Miriam Saphira

    Miriam talks about growing up, being a writer and researcher, and establishing the Charlotte Musuem...

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    • activism, archives, coming out, growing up, library, profile...