Alastair Hall

1 November 1952 - 23 December 1993

...special award by the AIDS Foundation (now Burnett Foundation Aotearoa). Christchurch Mayor Vicki Buck presented the award, a Terry Stringer bronze sculpture of an open hand, on Thursday, 25th…

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Max Navarre

...a play and it was pretty damn good. Played a mean saxophone and sang with marvellous style. I’m not sure if he didn’t use both these names for his…

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3 Anonymous, Dunedin

...free’ have been penned beneath. In the bottom right-hand corner, a combination of embroidery and applique has been used to create a traditional symbol of love –…

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Quilt History

...the Governor General, Dame Catherine Tizard, and the convener of the Australian Quilt Project, Libby Woodhams, who brought with her quilts from Australia, including several commemorating New Zealanders.…

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Alex French

27 February 1960 - 25 January 1994

...contribution by Alex’s business partner and his wife and has special significance for them. Japanese Business Communications (JBC) is the translation…

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Copyright

Copyright Notice In November 2017, the Committee that looked after The Quilt was formally dissolved. The individual panels that had not been lodged with Te Papa in 2012 have been...

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Paul Noble (Puai Nopera)

...by many people, it commemorates the part of his life he chose to spend with gay men. The base colour of the Quilt represents the sea. Paul loved to spend...

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Roderick Ross Stewart Horn

died 5 April 1992, aged 58

...was a member of the Old Vic and the Royal Shakespeare Companies. He came back to New Zealand in the late 60’s and is remembered in Auckland for his…

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Eve Van Grafhorst

17 July 1982 - 20 November 1993

...message of love, determination, great wisdom, the breaking down of prejudice, family commitment, and the issues of HIV and AIDS. The pictures start at birth, 17th July 1982, 995…

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