Kawe Mahara Queer Archives Aotearoa

 

 

Kawe Mahara Queer Archives Aotearoa
formerly Lesbian and Gay Archives of New Zealand: Te Pūranga Takatāpui o Aotearoa (LAGANZ)

The Archives are owned by a Trust and housed in the Alexander Turnbull Library of the National Library of New Zealand, Wellington.

We collect, preserve and make available for research the records and personal papers of queer and takatapui people and organisations in Aotearoa New Zealand. Our collections are focused on people who identify with diverse sexual orientations, gender identities, gender expressions and innate variations of sex characteristics.

Collections

Digital Archive Project

Volunteer

  • Activities range from working bees on collections, outreach activities, helping at events, and supporting our digitisation and metadata initiatives. Some of these you can do at home.

Volunteer Drop-in Sessions Online

Every Thursday, 7pm-7.30pm via Zoom.

Join us for a chat, to get quick feedback or demos on your current activity, or to find out which activities are a good fit with your skills and interests. More details.

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Resources on this Website

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July is Aotearoa's first Queer History Month

Kawe Mahara is organising Queer History Month Aotearoa — Pūmahara Ia Te Wā 2024 hui taumata with National Library Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa.

To celebrate join us and a panel of speakers on Tues 9 Jul, 9am-4.10pm to mark the passing of the Homosexual Law Reform Act in Aotearoa on 9 July 1986. We will talk about how we can strengthen our queer archives and networks to better carry and preserve Aotearoa's often fragile queer histories and memories.

Come along to National Library, 70 Molesworth Street, Wellington or join online. More details

Queer History Month Aotearoa — Pūmahara Ia Te Wā 2024 hui taumata poster designed by Sara Moana.

Poster designed by Sara Moana.

 

LAGANZ Name Change to Kawe Mahara

We recently consulted about changing the name of LAGANZ and we received 371 survey submissions and emails - thank you! 80% were in favour of a name change.

Kawe Mahara means we will carry the memories of all our queer communities from the past, present and into the future. We have chosen this name to be radically inclusive and to uphold our commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

Read about the Board's new decisions arising from the Name Change to Kawe Mahara Queer Archives Aotearoa.

 

 

We recently joined forces with the Rainbow NZ Charitable Trust and other groups for rainbow communities fundraising event - GiveOUT Day 2023 - giveout.org.nz - on Friday 8 September 2023 and we raised $4,262 for a new laptop and specialist tools and software to process and archive our queer content.

GiveOUT Day.

Thank you for your support!

 

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Last updated: 25 Apr 2024

Kawe Mahara Queer Archives Aotearoa formerly Lesbian and Gay Archives of New Zealand Te Pūranga Takatāpui o Aotearoa (LAGANZ)
Alexander Turnbull Library, 70 Molesworth St, Wellington 6011
NEW ZEALAND

Curator Tel: +64 4 462 3972 | Trust Secretary Mob: +64 27 444 3961

curators@laganz.org.nz | facebook.com/lgarchivesnz | instagram.com/kawemahara