A history of pride in Aotearoa New Zealand
Historian Will Hansen explores the origins of pride in Aotearoa New Zealand, and documents tensions between celebration and protest, and at times, the necessity for both.
Red: Life and history
The red stripe in the Gilbert Baker Flag represents life, pulsating with the energy of living authentically. Browse the whole section related to LGBTQI+ lives and histories.
Protest
We have always been here
Historian Will Hansen explores some of the many forms of trans resistance throughout history, illustrated by objects held in Te Papa collections.
Designing the Hero festivals
Peter Roband was a graphic designer in Auckland in the 1990s. He volunteered to help design branding and collateral for the 1993 and 1994 Hero festivals, including the programme covers. He speaks with history curator Stephanie Gibson.
‘Infinite people, infinite colours’: Gilbert Baker’s rainbow
Te Papa’s Gareth Watkins describes how an LGBTQI+ rainbow artwork by the famous flag maker Gilbert Baker has found a home in the national collection.
The Imperial German flag: a symbol of colonisation of the body and gender
Land and resources are not the only things that can be colonised: the body and gender also suffer from its pernicious effects, as Pounamu Jade Aikman reflects on in this personal essay.
Our Heroes – Moana pioneers shifting mindsets and creating space
Tai Paitai reflects on people, places and a particular time in his life, post the Homosexual Law Reform Bill.
Watch: What makes a queer object?
The world is full of queer objects. But what exactly makes an object queer? Can a telephone be queer? Chris Brickell, co-editor of the book Queer Objects (OUP, 2019), which features everything from a teapot to a sex toy, talks us through what makes an object queer with taonga from Te Papa’s collection.
