Mervyn Jefferies

Died 1994, aged 43

...pop songs, played Postman’s Knock at teenage parties – those soggy savouries, snax biscuits with tomato. That was before you’d ‘come out – first having to go to Sydney…

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‘Remembering New Zealand Women’

...come from various organisations and groups – as well as interested individuals. Groups represented include: NZ AIDS Foundation (now Burnett Foundation Aotearoa), NZ Prostitutes Collective, Sexual…

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Russell Noel Warnock-Davis

12 January 1960 - 22 June 1995

From the stories folder that accompanies The Quilt to displays Russell passed away on 22nd June 1995 of AIDS. – a cruel and savage disease but one Russell fought with...

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Kevin Todd

1954 - 1998

...reference the comment Kevin made about dying of AIDS.   Toddy I didn’t know that a human heart could be so strong. In those last weeks, when your body had...

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Peter Alexander Cockburn

1 September 1964 - 17 November 1993

...country the better. He would return with stories – few of which can be repeated here – of hair raising adventures from some of the wildest places that he had...

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John Chorlton

22 October 1963 - 27 February 1997

...a sewing-bee to make John’s panel. It was shortly after this photo was taken, that the panel was accidentally glued to the table (with super-glue) – a small piece of...

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Leigh Teirawhiti Ransfield

3 August 1962 - 6 July 1992

...to generate questions, e.g. “Who is that gorgeous man??!!” Derek would love to hear from others who knew Leigh. He may be contacted via his website www.derekmcgovern.com Added July…

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John Arthur Wardle

5 February 1950 - 08 September 1997

...the threat of AIDS was with us continually, we contrived to rebuild our lives. New Friendships were formed, community contacts made. John’s interest in community and…

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Warren Wah

...I was very sad to hear you had passed. You were a lovely talented young man who was taken too soon – you made a very important contribution to the...

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Steve (Stephen Allan Ballantyne)

1958 - 2 November 1994

...a coma and died three days later. To try to depict a person’s life on a 6 x 3-foot piece of material is a daunting task. Stephen’s sense of humour,...

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