The title of this recording is "Rawa Karetai previews the Marriage Equality Conference". It is described as: Rawa Karetai previews the Marriage Equality Conference, held in Wellington 30 November - 2 December 2012. It was recorded in Legislative Council Chamber, Parliament buildings, Molesworth Street, Wellington on the 30th November 2012. Rawa Karetai is being interviewed by Gareth Watkins.  Their names are spelt correctly but may appear incorrectly spelt later in the document. The duration of the recording is 4 minutes. A list of correctly spelt content keywords and tags can be found at the end of this document. A brief description of the recording is: In this podcast Conference Chair Rawa Karetai previews the upcoming Marriage Equality Conference, held in Wellington 30 November - 2 December 2012. The content in the recording covers the 2010s decade. A brief summary of the recording is: In the podcast "Rawa Karetai previews the Marriage Equality Conference," recorded at the Legislative Council Chamber, Parliament buildings in Wellington on November 30, 2012, conference chair Rawa Karetai discusses the forthcoming event. The conference, spanning from November 30 to December 2, 2012, aims to address a range of issues connected to the LGBTQ+ community, including homophobia, legal reforms, human rights, civil unions, and the then-current push for marriage equality. The session is designed to be inclusive and accessible, offering free admission to facilitate the participation of all interested parties. The conference will feature diverse sessions encompassing human rights discussions, strategies on lobbying members of parliament, organizational risk management, conflict resolution, and building collaborative efforts for advocacy. The gathering is expected to draw an international audience with attendees from Germany, Sydney, the UK, and various New Zealand cities like Christchurch, Auckland, Hamilton, and Dunedin. This assembly signifies a unique opportunity for cross-regional collaboration and mutual support among advocates for LGBTQ+ rights. Rawa Karetai speaks about the positive experience in organizing the conference, highlighting the enthusiasm and support from people who are keen to advance marriage equality and broader acceptance within the community. The podcast reflects an optimistic discourse prevalent in society, emphasizing the redundancy of opposition to marriage equality and the goal to foster an accepting New Zealand society. The campaign thus far is described as positive and celebratory, underlining the desire for the LGBTQ+ community to have equal marriage rights, with civil unions regarded as only a partial measure toward what many hope to achieve - legal marriage. As submissions to the select committee have closed and oral submissions are being heard, there's an atmosphere of hopeful anticipation. Karetai shares a personal perspective, acknowledging the patience required in the journey toward marriage equality and expressing a bright outlook for the future. The focus of the conference is not merely on discussion but on motivating actionable change. Karetai wishes for participants to leave inspired to contribute to their communities positively, advocating for LGBTQ+ rights, whether they are veterans of political campaigns or relatively new to such activism. The podcast acknowledges the similarities between advocacy within general politics and queer politics while underscoring the need for strategic and sensitive communication in discourse. In summation, the "Marriage Equality Conference" organized by Rawa Karetai represents a pivotal event for LGBTQ+ advocacy in New Zealand, marked by an inclusive, educational, and positive approach towards achieving marriage equality and combating homophobia. Beyond individual community members, the conference will likely influence participants from around the world, furthering the global discourse on human rights and LGBTQ+ equality. The full transcription of the recording follows.  It includes timestamps every thirty seconds in the format [HH:MM:SS].  The transcription begins:  So my name is and I'm the conference chair for the Marriage Equality Conference. Um, we're about to launch into conference tonight, which we have a Have a look and look into the history from 1986 to the present date. Um, of homophobia, law reform, uh, human rights, Uh, the civil union. And currently we're talking about marriage equality. The conference is supposed to be as inclusive as possible. Um, we've made it free for everybody to turn up. We've tried to help [00:00:30] everybody who can to turn up who wants to turn up. And, um, we hope to have such an amazing conference full of discussion and looking forward into the future of other campaigns such as adoption, anti homophobia campaigns and making sure we get marriage equality for everybody. What kind of sessions have you got coming up? Uh, we've got human rights. Um, discussion happening on Saturday. We've got how to lobby MP S. How to make sure that, uh, groups and, um, people [00:01:00] come together and make sure that they organised able to do stuff and lobby MP S. Um, make sure that they eliminate, uh, organisational risk. Uh, And, um, how to deal with people like conflict and, um, fighting and all that stuff which naturally occurs when you're putting a few few people in a room. But yeah, hopefully we'll have. We'll be encouraging and inspiring people to go back home to wherever they come from. We've got people in here from Germany, Sydney, [00:01:30] um, and even the UK. So that's pretty exciting. And we're hoping that they'll be able to go home and help their campaigns out as well. But we've got people from Christchurch, Auckland, Hamilton and Dunedin, so hopefully that will be exciting for them as well. What has it been like to organise? It's been great fun, actually. The amount of people that want to help, especially uh, a minority group like, um, queer people, Um, the people who just want to get on board and just do stuff for marriage equality and make sure that we're [00:02:00] all acceptance. Uh, you know, the discourse out there in the community is we have no issue with this. Why? Why have have a problem at all, and this is almost a non issue. Let's just get it through Parliament and make sure that we are an accepting society in New Zealand. So submissions to the select committee have closed another hearing. Oral submissions. How has the campaign gone so far? Pretty good. It's a very positive campaign. We don't want it to be a negative campaign. We want it to be a celebration of sorts. [00:02:30] Um, this is a chance for us to have our say, and it's a chance for us to finally get married. Um, the Civil Union bill was a concession of some sorts for a lot of people, and what they really wanted was to get married, and this is an extra step to that. So, uh, the young people, especially, are very excited about the potential of getting married in the future. And, um, I'm pretty certain that we'll get it. Um, if it doesn't happen, we'll probably wait for another 10 years. Then I'm going to be 40 by that stage. But, you know, [00:03:00] um, marriage is on the cards, and I'm looking forward to the day that I say I do. And it's been so worth it. What do you want people to come away from this conference with, basically, uh, acceptance of all people and inspired to do stuff that they you know, some people just don't know what to do. So if they can be inspired to go back to their communities and help out, um, that will be you know, even if it's just one person, that will be enough for me. Um, but I hope to inspire, you know, at least 200 people, if not more, to go out there and, um, be [00:03:30] advocates for, um, Queer rights. Is this the first time that you've kind of done a political campaign? No, not at all. No, it's the first time I've done queer, um, being a queer advocate. But it's not the first time I've done something like this. I was involved in student politics quite heavily, um, student president for two years. And, um, I've done amazing things through that. And now it's my time to dive into the queer movement. Is there a difference between doing something in, say, general politics and [00:04:00] then in queer politics? No, no, not at all. I mean, it's, um, interesting that you still have to be a little bit cautious of the words that you choose. Um, but in all, we're all wanting the same thing. It's just how do you get there and you get that in any discourse. Um, when it comes to campaigning, you all have a common targeted view. Uh, it's just whether or not you agree on how to get there. Yeah, and that's the same. Wherever you go, it's It's the fun of the challenge. The full transcription of the recording ends. A list of keywords/tags describing the recording follow. These tags contain the correct spellings of names and places which may have been incorrectly spelt earlier in the document. 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The original recording can be heard at this website https://www.pridenz.com/marriage_equality_conference_preview.html. The master recording is also archived at the Alexander Turnbull Library in Wellington, New Zealand.  For more details visit their website https://tiaki.natlib.govt.nz/#details=ecatalogue.1089372. Rawa Karetai also features audibly in the following recordings: "Fighting Homophobia - Marriage Equality Conference", "Report Back -  Marriage Equality Conference", "Participant Reaction - Marriage Equality Conference", "Part 2 - Opening ceremony at Parliament - Wellington Pride Festival 2016", "Youth and Womens hui report backs - Proud 2016" and "Wellington Pride Parade 2017". Please note that this document may contain errors or omissions - you should always refer back to the original recording to confirm content.