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Haurongo: Rupe, Carmen Tione

Whakaahua tuatahi o Carmen te kuīni whakarākei

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Carmen’s first photo in drag

Ko te whakaahua tuatahi tēnei o Carmen Rupe te kuīni whakarākei, i whakaahuatia i te wā i tīmata ai tana mau kākahu wahine ki waenga i te iwi. I kī ake a Carmen i pārekareka ki a ia te haere ko ‘Trevor Rupe ātaahua, te taitama huatau ngā kākahu o te puku o te taone', engari i kumea ia e ngā tiriti pōuri o Tāmakimakaurau. I reira a ‘Carmen’ e maea tūturu mai ana.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: PA1-q-1051-054-162

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.

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Lynette Townsend. 'Rupe, Carmen Tione', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 2020. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/whakaahua-tuatahi-o-carmen-te-kuini-whakarakei (accessed 4 June 2026).