Musings on marriage
Stories and interviews exploring human union and the history of marriage
Collection items
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Challenges persist for queer community
Alex Ashton considers if same-sex marriage has changed what it is to be gay, lesbian, bisexual or trans in NZ Audio
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"The only thing nuclear about the family any more is how it's exploded."
17 Nov 2013Dita De Boni, Conrad Reyners and Dr Susan Morton talk to Noelle McCarthy. Audio
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Arranged Marriages
Arranged marriages are popular again, especially amongst our young professionals within the South East Asian community. Lynda travels from the Hindu Temple in Kilbirnie, Wellington to Auckland's Tapac… Audio
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The Vault - Marriage Equality
9 May 2013Gay marriage is now legal here in New Zealand, but decades ago it was highly risque to even admit that one was a practicing homosexual. Audio
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Conrad Ryan - Against Equality
The passing of the Marriage Equality legislation in 2013 was hailed by most as a victory for human rights, but not everyone sees it that way. Conrad Ryan is part of the Against Equality Movement, a… Audio
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Same-Sex Marriage
31 Aug 2009How same-sex marriage is impacting not only gay couples themselves but also greater society. Audio
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Homosexual Law Reform
It's 25 years since homosexuality became legal in New Zealand. Ideas talks to former Wellington Central MP Fran Wilde, whose private members' Homosexual Law Reform Bill finally changed the law in this… Audio
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Focus on Politics - Marriage (Definition of Marriage) Amendment Act 2013
19 Apr 2013New Zealand's Parliament passed historic legislation in 2013 to enshrine marriage equality in law - the first country in the Asia-Pacific region to do so. Audio
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Louisa Wall reflects on her fight
18 Dec 2013Labour MP gay marriage champion. In April, New Zealand became the first country in the Asia-Pacific region to legalise gay marriage. Labour MP and gay marriage champion Louisa Wall reflects on her… Audio
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Part 1 - Not in Front of the Altar
29 May 2011In pre-multicultural Australia, marrying across the Protestant/ Catholic Divide was consorting wth the enemy for many families. Mixed- religion couples describe being estranged, disinherited and… Audio
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Part 2 - Between Two Worlds
5 Jun 2011Children raised in a mixed marriage had to negotiate a delicate balancing act. Until 1966, the Catholic Church required both parties to pledge in writing that all children would be raised Catholic… Audio
Siaposu‘isu‘i, Wedding Dress, 2011, Auckland, by Lindah Lepou. Commissioned 2011. CC BY-NC-ND licence. Te Papa (GH017349)
20 Years Out!
A documentary series telling the story of the passage of the Homosexual Law Reform Bill in New Zealand.