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Kōrero: Nightclubs

Devotion dance party, 1992

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Devotion dance party, 1992

In the 1990s gay, lesbian and transgender dance parties were often held in warehouses to accommodate the crowds of queer and heterosexual people that attended. The stage shows were a highlight of the night. Alisdair France, shown here moving a prop into place before Wellington’s 1992 Devotion party, was an organiser and choreographer in the 1990s for Devotion and Auckland’s Hero parties.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: EP-Social-Gay-01

by Mark Coote

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Redmer Yska, Nightclubs – Nightclub boom, 1970s to 2000s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/39172/devotion-dance-party-1992 (accessed 25 June 2026).

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