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Kōrero: Nightclubs

Le Balcon

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Le Balcon

Le Balcon (generally known as the Balcony) was a Wellington strip club run by Carmen Rupe. Most of those working at the Balcony were transgendered. These newspaper advertisements (from around 1969 or 1970) show the performers’ schedule.

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Redmer Yska, Nightclubs – Strip clubs, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/ephemera/39178/le-balcon (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Redmer Yska, i tāngia i te 3 December 2012.