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Biography: Rupe, Carmen Tione

Links and sources

Websites

Carmen Rupe interview, 1991

Carmen Rupe interviewed by Jack Body, 1991, on PrideNZ.com.

Carmen Rupe interview, 1975

Carmen Rupe interviewed by David Mahoney, 1975 (Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision)

Dana de Milo talks about Carmen Rupe, 2012

Dana de Milo on Carmen Rupe interviewed by Gareth Watkins, 2012, on PrideNZ.com

Carmen documentary.

Carmen. Television documentary by Geoff Steven, 1989. (NZOnScreen)

Carmen's passport

Read about Carmen's efforts to have her gender recorded as '-' on her passport rather than 'M'.

Bibliography

McGill, D. Stacey: The life, style and trials of a great New Zealand criminal lawyer. Paekakariki, 2005

Rupe, C. ‘Madam Carmen’. In Tracie O’Keefe and Katrina Fox (eds.). Trans people in love. New York, 2008

Rupe, C. and P. Martin. Carmen: my life: as told to Paul Martin. Auckland, 1988

How to cite this page

Lynette Townsend. 'Rupe, Carmen Tione', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2020. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/230730/sources (accessed 18 June 2026).