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Jan Logie tours the Rainbow Room
MP Jan Logie tours the newly refurnished Rainbow Room at Parliament...
Tags: bisexual, gay, intersex, lesbian, takataapui, trans...
Published: August 2019
Found in: Parliaments Rainbow Room
Self care tactics for mental health
A group chat from members of our communities, bringing a frank and honest discussion of experiences of mental...
Tags: 2010s, addiction, anxiety, back pain, befriending yourself, youth...
Published: April 2018
Found in: Shift hui (2018)
Pardon Me Alan Turing
Writer Stephen Lunt talks about the play Pardon Me Alan Turing. The play runs at Bats Theatre...
Tags: 1940s, 2010s, chemical castration, computer science, historic convictions, hom...
Published: March 2018
Found in: Wellington Pride Festival 2018
St Peters church service (2017)
Audio from the special 50th anniversary church service marking Reverend Godfrey Wilson's landmark sermon on homosexuality (possibly the...
Tags: 2010s, gay, homosexual, lesbian, queer, transgender...
Published: June 2017
Found in: Religion and Spirituality
John Jakeman profile
John Jakeman talks about growing up in Wellington in the 1950s, working at the Royal Oak tavern in...
Tags: bisexual, gay, homosexual, lesbian, queer, transexual...
Published: May 2017
Found in: John Jakeman
Geovana Peres
Boxer Geovana Peres talks to Benji Watt about winning the New Zealand National (NZNBF Version) Light Heavyweight title...
Tags: 2010s, boxing, coming out, confidence, friends, lesbian...
Published: May 2017
Found in: People
Rainbows in a Monochrome World
Navigating the world as someone from rainbow communities brings with it many challenges, taking different forms for different...
Tags: agender, bisexual, cisgender, femme, gender fluid, non-binary...
Published: April 2017
Found in: Shift hui (2017)
Archives New Zealand
Donal Raethel, a senior archivist at Archives New Zealand, talks about some of the "wonderous treasures" held in...
Tags: gay, homosexual, lesbian, trans, transexual, transgender...
Published: October 2016
Found in: Groups and Organisations
Kevin Hague profile
On the eve of his departure from Parliament, MP Kevin Hague reflects on his time in politics as...
Tags: bisexual, gay, intersex, queer, trans, transgender...
Published: September 2016
Found in: People
Nikki Lee Carlson
Nikki Lee reflects on a journey that has taken her from having a successful singer career as a...
Tags: 1980s, 1990s, 2010s, addiction, gay, transgender...
Published: July 2016
Found in: People
Chris Gendall
Chris Gendall talks about life as a composer and also pays tribute to Jack Body...
Tags: 2010s, aggression, closeted, community, composition, gay...
Published: June 2016
Found in: Arts and Media
Jerome Cargill
Jerome talks about being a teacher who is openly gay, the Newlands College diversity group and why its...
Tags: 1990s, gay, intersex, lesbian, straight, transgender...
Published: May 2016
Found in: People
Participants (part 2)
Rowan Moulder talks to participants at Shift hui 2016. More participant interviews can be heard in part...
Tags: agender, asexual, cisgender, femme, gay, lesbian...
Published: April 2016
Found in: Shift hui (2016)
Beyond Rainbows
Panel members talk about the challenges of being a minority within rainbow communities. The discussion was...
Tags: agender, aromantic, asexual, bisexual, gay, intersex...
Published: April 2016
Found in: Shift hui (2016)
Takataapui workshop
Elizabeth Kerekere discusses the history of takataapui, building relationships and creating inclusive spaces...
Tags: aromantic, asexual, bisexual, butch, femme, gay...
Published: April 2016
Found in: Shift hui (2016)
Remembering Neil Costelloe
Jayne (sitting by an open fire) remembers her brother Neil Costelloe. Neil was very active in the fight...
Tags: 1980s, 1990s, activism, anger, gay, lesbian...
Published: April 2016
Found in: Homosexual Law Reform
Group Programme (March 2016)
Over 5 weekends in February/March 2016 a group came together at Wellington Access Radio to learn about various...
Tags: 2010s, advice, bisexual, gay, nerd, queer...
Published: March 2016
Found in: Wellington Pride Festival 2016
From Bisexual to Skoliosexual
Audio from the workshop: From Bisexual to Skoliosexual. When we think about the "rainbow" community most people just...
Tags: aromantic, asexual, bisexual, cisgender, homosexual, intersex...
Published: March 2016
Found in: Proud 2016
LGBTI* health plenary
Audio from the LGBTI* health plenary with Elizabeth Kerekere and Jack Trolove. The session is introduced by...
Tags: butch, femme, takataapui, trans, transexual, transgender...
Published: March 2016
Found in: Proud 2016
Now and Then
Audio from the session: Now and Then. A mash-up of readings of new voices and established writers noted...
Tags: 1960s, 1970s, gay, lesbian, queer, transgender...
Published: February 2016
Found in: Same Same But Different (2016)
Teenage Years
Audio from the session: Teenage Years. To set the scene, Chrys Jones and her friend Aleisha Parkinson give...
Tags: 1880s, androgynous, gay, homosexual, lesbian, queer...
Published: February 2016
Found in: Same Same But Different (2016)
Part 1
Audio from the session: The Book That Turned the Light On. In a past of illegality and stigma...
Tags: 1960s, gay, homosexual, lesbian, queer, transgender...
Published: February 2016
Found in: Same Same But Different (2016)
Part 2
Audio from the session: The Book That Turned the Light On. In a past of illegality and stigma...
Tags: butch, cis female, gay, homosexual, queer, takataapui...
Published: February 2016
Found in: Same Same But Different (2016)
Ann-Marie Stapp
Ann-Marie talks about her journey from being a long time member of the Salvation Army and gathering signatures...
Tags: 1980s, academics, activism, anti springbok tour protest (1981), gay, lesbian...
Published: January 2016
Found in: Homosexual Law Reform
Circa Theatre
In 2014 the production Rita and Douglas was performed here by Jennifer Ward-Lealand and pianist Michael Houstoun. It...
Tags: 1910s, gay, lesbian, relationships, video online, walk tour...
Published: January 2016
Found in: Wellington waterfront
Pot Luck web series
Ness Simons talks about writing and directing 'Pot Luck' - New Zealand's first lesbian web series. The series...
Tags: 2010s, acting, butch, lesbian, queer, soft butch...
Published: November 2015
Found in: Arts and Media
Rob Lake
Rob talks about activism during homosexual law reform and early responses to HIV AIDS in Wellington...
Tags: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, gay, lesbian, queer...
Published: November 2015
Found in: Homosexual Law Reform
Prue Hyman
Prue takes Jac Lynch through a personal archive of newspaper articles, letters and submissions made in support of...
Tags: androgynous, butch femme, intersex, lesbian, queer, transgender...
Published: November 2015
Found in: Homosexual Law Reform
Iris Florence Peter Williams
Julie Glamuzina talks about her book Perfectly Natural: The audacious story of Iris Florence Peter Williams. The original...
Tags: 1940s, 2010s, archives, birth certificate, courts, transgender...
Published: October 2015
Found in: Arts and Media
Shelley Te Waiariki Howard
Shelley talks about being in the military during homosexual law reform, the need to repress and then express...
Tags: butch, femme, gay, heterosexual, non-binary, queer...
Published: October 2015
Found in: Homosexual Law Reform