Ian Williams

...years……The other words are the ones you wrote to me after the hassle of my coming out……For over a decade those lines have stood beside me……You always had such…

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Sam Crowe

14 March 1947 - 13 April 1985

...those days before the hard-won level of acceptance enjoyed by today’s gay community in NZ had even begun. SAD NEWS It was some years before anyone in the family found...

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Kenneth Wilmot Beale

9 November 1943 - 1990

Sadly, at the time of setting up this website, we have no information about this panel made by his partner and friends. If you are one of the people involved...

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‘The Seasons of Life’ panel

Wayne Berryman and Colin Aitken designed this Quilt in honour of every person affected by the destruction of AIDS. The Quilt was made to symbolise the Seasons of Life, as...

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Robin Murie

2 May 1958 - 20 May 1991

...was the “baby”. Robin’s Quilt has been designed to represent the many areas of his life. Firstly, Waiheke Island, where he was born and lived until he was 10…

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‘Aroha’ panel

...that I was appliqueing AROHA on the Quilt, and he said that Aroha is the very best word in the world because it means ‘LOVE’. That then became my final...

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