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Two icons of Wellington’s Takatāpui Rainbow communities - Chrissy Witoko (1944-2002) and Carmen Rupe (1936-2011) - are to be honoured with memorial seats in the heart of Wellington’s Rainbow Precinct on Saturday 1 October at 176 Cuba Street.
Located on the corner of Cuba and Vivian Streets, the seats are...
Historian Gareth Watkins reviews September dates connected with significant members of the rainbow communities in Aotearoa, New Zealand.
27 September 1953
Jonathan Dennis, founding director of the New Zealand Film Archive, was born on this day in Taumarunui. His early years were spent in the Aoraki/Mount Cook region before he was...
The “not ‘just’ a biopic” about Carmen Rupe showcases Mika’s creative vision of the illegal, bustling underground sex scene of 1970’s New Zealand.
It’s been an open secret amongst Auckland’s LGBT community that Mika Haka has been entangled in something big as of late.
Now the world is set to find...
The portrait is part of a new exhibition celebrating a trailblazing generation of transgender women in New Zealand.
Poutokomanawa: The Carmen Rupe Generation will feature portraits of Carmen Rupe, Georgina Beyer, Dana de Milo and Chrissy Witoko, as well as work by transgender artists.
The New Zealand National Gallery in Wellington unveiled the collection...
