The title of this recording is "Loretta Hunt-Tevaga (NZ Police) - Out in the Park (2018)". It was recorded in Waitangi Park, Te Aro, Wellington on the 24th February 2018. Loretta Hunt-Tevaga 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 3 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 Loretta Hunt-Tevaga talks about the New Zealand Police stall at Out in the Park. The content in the recording covers the 2010s decade. The audio recording begins:  So we're at out in the park today at Waitangi Park, And, uh, the store I'm with is New Zealand police. And why are you here? So we're here to support, um, diversity. So how does diversity work within the police force itself? So diversity is part of police core values. Um, And without diversity, uh, we wouldn't be able to be the police that we are today because you also have, um, the diversity to liaison officers. Yes, we do. So they work together very closely together with our rainbow communities, um, to show engagement and support, um, and keep the police updated in regards to what events are taking place. And any issues and concerns also, that our communities are facing. Uh, do you know how long those, um, deal offices have been in place? Is that a new thing? No. So, as far as I know, I've been in the police for eight years, and I've known of the DL OS for the last three years since being involved with the Pride Festival. And so So So you've been involved with other pride festivals? Yes. So, last year was my first time being involved in supporting, uh and it was fantastic. So I arranged and organised police to be part of, um, the Pride parade itself. What was that like? It was fantastic. Yeah, it was a great day. We had great support from the police. Great presence. Um, and I just want to show our support for our communities. And was that the one in Wellington or Auckland Wellington? Because that was one of the first times that I've actually gone through the city streets for, like, about 20 years. Yeah. So, um, I was in contact with Amanda Laa. And so it was through her that, um, gave me the opportunity as police to get the police to support the event. And are you going to be involved in this year's parade? Yes, definitely. So I'm also organising police to be part of it. I actually drove the parade vehicle from Auckland yesterday to make sure that it would be part of today's event as well as Pride parade. And this is a special police car painted in lovely colours. Yes, it is. So it's it was specifically painted for, um, our rainbow communities in these kind of events. And so they were looking at moving the stickers, but they're looking at now keeping the vehicle, um, as a community vehicle up in Auckland. Wow, that's great. And have you heard how how the Auckland Pride Parade went in terms of the the police? Uh, just watching on the news. And they're yet to give us feedback in regards to, uh, the Pride Festival. Uh, the pride parade. But just looking at the photos and looking and from the news. I mean, it was an awesome event. It was huge. Yeah. What do you think is the importance of things like pride, parades and pride events? Uh, the importance is we are part of the same community. So whether you're black or white, um, we are one community, and we need to work, uh, a lot closely together and support each other and, um, in our differences, um, because that's what makes the world a better place. Yeah. Yeah. The audio 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. The tags are seperated by a semi-colon: 2010s; Amanduh la Whore; Aotearoa New Zealand; Auckland; Auckland Pride Festival; Diversity Liaison Officers (police); Loretta Hunt-Tevaga; New Zealand Police; Out in the Park (Wellington); Pride Parade (Wellington); Pride parade; Pride parade (Auckland); Waitangi Park; Wellington; community; diversity; police; rainbow police car. The original recording can be heard at this website https://www.pridenz.com/out_in_the_park_2018_loretta_hunt_tevaga.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.1089805. Please note that this document may contain errors or omissions - you should always refer back to the original recording to confirm content.