INDEX

Page references in bold refer to illustrations

Adams, David, 236

Adams, Monty (photographer), 120, 122, 178

Adeaze, 157

Adelaide, 88, 205

Cabaret Festivals, 81, 174, 177, 187

Fringe Festival, 80, 81, 81, 83

adoption, xiii, 1, 8–12

aerobics, 108, 120, 171, 172

Jazzercise, 27

NZ Aerobics Championships, 54, 55, 56

World Aerobic Championships, Tokyo, 83

Ahi Ataahua (Beautiful Fire)

film (1998), 144, 144–47, 145, 155

stage show, 147–49, 152

video (2000), 160, 160–62, 161

‘Ahi Wai’, 215

Ahipene, Hori, 99

Ah-Kiong, Isaac, 228

‘Air Mika’, 195, 196

Air New Zealand ‘Pink Flight’, 191

Akavine, 234

Aldworth, Frederick, 97

Alexander, Nicholas, ix, 116, 124, 127–28, 134, 140–43, 155

photography by, 115, 134, 135, 145, 147, 149, 154, 155

Ailey, Alvin, 43, 208

American Film Market, San Diego, 233

America’s Cup event, Auckland, 168, 169

Anderson, Brendan, 14

Anderson, Dawn. See Gudsell, Dawn

Anderson family, 12, 14, 16, 17

Angel Tour, The, 152, 156

Aotea Centre, Auckland, 154, 212, 214

Aotearoa (band), 48

‘Aotearoa’ (song), 173

Apanui, Ngahiwi, 48

apartheid. See race politics

Armageddon Expo, 233

Aroha Festival, Auckland 2010, 212, 214–15, 223

Aroha Mardi Gras. See Mika’s Aroha Mardi Gras.

Aroha Project, The, 197, 234

Aroha Project, The (poster), 229

athletics, 19, 21, 21

Attewell, Warrick ‘Waka’, 144, 145

Auckland Comedy Festival 1995, 138, 139

Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, 212, 214

Auckland Pride Festival 2014, 231

Auckland War Memorial Museum, 211–12, 213

Austin, Rietta, 159

AUT Dance Team, 221

Avalon Studios, 192

Azhar, 236

Baby BoB, 30, 31

Baird, Mrs, 248

Baker, Tungia, 97

Banks, John, 214

Banze, Fifa, 165, 173, 174, 175

Barbie Aotearoa exhibit (2004), 165

Barbone, Camille, 115

Barcelona, 58, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91

Barney, 159

Basement Theatre, Auckland, 234

Beyer, Georgina, 157, 194, 195

Bharatanatyam Indian classical dance, 152, 159, 162, 212

Biddle, Taurewa, 178

Bishop, Sonny, 213

‘Black Carnival’ exhibition (1993), 64, 103, 104, 116–19, 118, 119

Blomfield, Jamie, 194

Blood, Vicky, 159

Boogie Boy, 30

Bowron, Jane, 147–49

Boy Rock, 31

Boyan, 236

Boynton, Mere, 48, 50

Branner, Djola, 89

breakdance, 29–30, 34, 43, 170, 242

Brennan, Mary, 149

Brown, David, 55

Brown, Kerry, 154, 159

Brown, Riwia, 48, 50

‘Brown Girl in the Ring’, 183

‘Bunga in a Bucket’. See Growing up Māori

burlesque, 113, 120, 122–23, 146, 206, 221

Burnett, Dr, 9–10

Butler, Judith, 63

Butler, Nicholas, 48

camp, 64, 91, 120, 147, 152, 179–80, 183, 219, 237–39

see also postcolonial camp

Campbell, Jai, 105, 194

Campbell, John, 195

Campbell, Kasina, 105, 180, 181

in performance, 171, 194, 196, 212

Campbell, Shelley, 25

Campion, Jane, 43, 95, 97, 99

Carsel, Casey Larkin Mazer, x

Carlyon, Jenny, 35, 167

Carmen. See Rupe, Carmen

Carmen (film), 67–69

Carmen’s International Coffee Lounge (show), 124

Carr, J., 238

Castle-Hughes, Keisha, 222, 224, 225

CCL Captain Kid Kool, 30

Ceroc Dancers, The, 194

Cherrington, Karlyn, iv, 240

Christchurch, 26, 30, 32–34, 53, 83, 119

being gay in, 36, 39–40

Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu, 116

Christchurch Arts Festival, 155, 159

Churchward, Rachael, 120, 122

Clark, Helen, 165, 166–67, 190, 193, 195

Clark, Leonie, 56

Clarke, Jackie, 157, 212, 214, 215

Cleave, Peter, ix

Clement, Jemaine, 192–93

Clendon Mall, Manurewa, 241, 242

Cleo magazine (Mika in) 12022

‘Coffee’ music video, 240–44, 240, 241, 242, 243

Coffey, Tim, ix

Coloured Crew Lockers, The, 29–30, 30, 31

Connacco III, Marcial, 188

Cook, Julian, viii, 154, 159

Cook, Tina, 51

Creative New Zealand, 166

Crook, Ronald, 50

Cross, Tina, 157, 195

cross-dressing, 61–62, 95

Cuba, Mika in, 201–5

Curtis, Alannah, 194

Curtis, Cliff, 99

Daji, Sanjaia (photographer), 194, 196, 197–99

Dance Now, 208

dance. See Bharatanatyam; breakdance; disco; flashdance; haka; New Zealand School of Dance

David Atkins Enterprises (DAE), 227–28

DeeZaStar (Kneel Halt), 50, 63, 141, 187, 268

Delamere, Hon Tuariki, 138

Depot. See The Depot

Destiny Church anti-gay march, 178

Diiamond, Blake, 239

disco, 21, 25, 25, 26–28, 29, 36, 45, 120, 135

and kapa haka, 38–39

see also Gudsell, Neil; Old Mill

d’Larte, Zakk, iv, 229, 232, 236

poster by, 234

‘Do U Like What U See’, 103, 215, 215

album, 108

video, 123–27

Dodd, Penny, 214

Doig, Trevor, ix

Donald, Mandy, 25

Donegan, Jim, 234

drag performance, 47, 61–63, 108, 134–35, 136, 145, 152, 155, 195, 221, 240, 242

Carmen and, 60

‘native drag’, 3, 39, 64, 98, 120, 157, 173, 176, 183, 242

Draper, John, 93, 97, 113, 114, 124, 127, 232, 248

Dryburgh, Stuart, 97

Durbin, Alison, 75–76, 78

D’vinci, Chanel, 222

‘E Taku Hoa’, 159

Edginton, Peter, 41, 248

Edinburgh Festival Fringe, 205–6

1992, 58

1997, 128, 134–40

1998, 147–49, 144, 152

1999, 1

2003, 170–77, 175

Eichelberger, Ethyl, 95

Ellis, Briony, 51

English, Ron, 238

Evans, Duane, 87

Evans, Ripeka, xvi

Fairburn, Connie, 140

Fala, Whetu, 51, 160, 234

Falkenberg, Peter, ix

Fantastic Elastic, 30, 31

Farnell, Billy, 142

Farr, Gareth, 144–47, 145, 154, 159, 212

Fashion Week. See New York; New Zealand

Fell, Grant, 248

Filemoni, Filemoni, 87

Filewod, Alan, 178

film, New Zealand, 78, 174, 191–92

with Mika, 144, 144–47, 159, 225, 226

‘Pā Cinema’, 196

see also Green Dolphin Street; The Piano

flashdance, 28–29

NZ Flashdance Championship, 41, 45

Flatt, Russ (photographer), 181

Flight of the Conchords, 138, 192–93

Flutey family, 10, 12, 17

Fogle, Phil (photographer), vii, 114

Fuemana, Phil, 248

funding, government, 166–67

Garber, Marjorie, 61–63

Gatu, Robert, 180, 192

Gay Games 1994, New York, 115–16

gender identity, 61–64, 93, 95, 123, 155, 223

in performance, 63, 124

see also cross-dressing

Gilbert, Helen, 228–30

Glamboyz, The, 221

GLO magazine (Mika in), 97

Godquin, Pierre, 181, 191

Goldberg, Whoopi, 64

Goodrich, Colin, x

Gopinath, Madhu, 209, 212

Gracewood, Gemma, 154

Grant, Saginaw, 233, 233–34

Gray, Stephen, 178

Green Dolphin Street, 6–7, 174, 191

Growing up Gay, 6

Growing up Māori, 8, 9, 23

Gudsell, Bill, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 18, 248

Gudsell, Dawn (née Anderson), 4, 5, 6, 10–12, 14, 16, 17, 18, 22, 81, 248

Gudsell, Lindsay, 14, 16, 17, 18, 22

Gudsell, Neil, xiii, 3–12, 8, 9, 11

birth and adoption, 1, 3, 8–10

family, 4, 4–5, 5, 6, 14, 16, 17, 18, 22, 23

as athlete, 19, 21, 21

Māori ethnicity, identity, 8–9, 10, 12–15, 17–18

marae experience, 39–40

sexuality, 7–8, 19, 21–22

first frock, 23

Gudsell, Neil, as performer, 74

twenty-first birthday party, 38, 39, 41

aerobics, Jazzercise, 35, 55, 56

disco, 21, 25, 29, 29–30, 30, 36, 45

Te Ohu Whakaari, 51

becomes Mika, 73, 74, 80

Winston Churchill Memorial Scholarship, 58

see also Carmen; Live at the Depot; Mahi Whakangahau; Neil Gudsell Uncooked; Shark in the Park

Gudsell, Shirley, 4, 16, 17, 18

Gupton, Eric, 93, 248

Guthrie, Alistair (photographer), 87

Haere Mai Taiko Drummers, 221

hairdressing, 26, 27, 41

haka, 7, 18, 159

Mika’s first, 15

New Zealand’s first gay, 97, 99, 104, 107, 110–11

in performance, 124–25, 135, 147, 162, 174, 177, 179, 220

see also kapa haka

Haka Punks dance crew, 221, 222

Hakaraia, Libby, 126, 128

Haldane, Vivienne (photographer), 108, 109, 113

Halkett, Elizabeth, 8–10

Hamilton, Mark James, viii, 134–36, 152, 156, 157, 160, 192

production roles, 154, 213

in performance, 159, 212

as photographer, 153

and Torotoro, 166, 168–69, 170, 180, 184, 209, 211

Hamlet, Mika as, 58–60

Hammond, Ben, 236

Hapipi, Rore, 48

Harrison, Glen, 50

Hartley, Brian, 140

Hawke, Sharon, 160

Heke, Damon, 243, 248

Heke, Kelz, 243

Hellreigel, Jan, 133, 147

Henare-Heke, Kelly, 223

Henry, Ella, 78–79

Hero 3 magazine (Mika in) 128

Hero Party 1992, 97, 104, 107–13, 108, 109, 110, 113

see also haka, New Zealand’s first gay, 97

Hill, Kim, 133, 152

Hill, Lennie, iv, 243

HIV/AIDS, 26, 56–58

campaigns and fundraisers, 104, 111, 115

victims of, 40, 41, 55, 93, 97, 137, 178, 248

Hoeflak, Arian (photographer), 62, 126, 129–31, 162

poster by, 154, 155

Holguín Festival, Cuba, 201–5, 203

Homosexual Law Reform Act 22, 55–56, 203

Hood, Lynley, 32–33

Hunter, Holly, 97

Huttera, Donald, 208

‘I Have Loved Me a Man’, 75, 75–78, 84–86, 268, 269

banned from radio, 75

Ihimaera, Witi, viii, xiii, xiii–xvi, xvi, 8, 154

Nights in the Gardens of Spain, 103, 104–7

India, Mika in, 209–11, 211

Ivers, Mick (photographer), 177

Issey Miyake, 2, 113, 152, 205, 214

Japan, 83, 201, 207, 211

Pearl Harbour (1992), 113–15, 114

Jazzercise, 27, 35

JGeek and the Geeks, 213, 214

John, Glenys, 197

Jollif, Emma, 136

Jones, Grace, xv, 63, 64, 92, 115

Jones, Norman, 56, 57

Jones, Pow, 239

Josie’s Juice Joint, San Francisco, 89, 92

Judge Jules, 154, 159

Juiced (show), 85, 86–89, 89, 95

‘Juiced’ (song), 174, 177

Kā 400 kids, 221

Kā Life (television show), 193

kapa haka, 17–18, 58, 74, 120, 123, 170, 176–77, 178, 242

and disco, 38–39

Kapai Kabaret, 126, 128, 129–31

Karehana, Todd, 228

Kaui, Mahina, 222

Keiha, Pare, ix

Keitel, Harvey, 9798, 101

Kid Freeze, 31

Kingi, Mauriora, 180

Kneel Halt (DeeZaStar), 50

Knight, Stefan, 162, 213

Kool, CCL Captain Kid, 30, 31

‘Ko Te Iwi’, 175

Kopa, Logan, 236

Kouka, Hone, 145

Kublikowski, Fryderyk (photographer), 110, 138

LaBruce, Bruce, 219, 237–39

Lady Bunny, 137

Lam, August, 81

Laughlin, Lance, ix, 229

‘Lava Lover’, xv, 108, 108–113, 109

Leadley, Bruce, 21

Leef, Jermaine, 213, 214, 215

Leonard, Robert, 117

Leonard, Wayne, 192

Leotalu, Philip, 87

Les Mills World of Fitness, 35

instructors, 38, 39, 56

Lesbian and Gay Archives of New Zealand/Te Pūranga Takatāpui o Aotearoa, 232

L’Estrange-Corbet, Denise, 193

Levene, Louise, 137–38

Leydet, Trajano, 222

Linton, Debbie, 25, 25

Live at the Depot: Neil Gudsell and Jim Moriarty, 48, 48–51

Livingston, Loretta, ix

Lock, Mr, 30

London Fetish Rubber Ball, 140, 154

Lopez, Jazz, 194

Lopez, Lani, 197, 200

Los Angeles, 33, 58, 201, 225

living in, 40, 42–43

Lott, Eric, 120, 122

Ludlum, Charles, 95

Mackinven, Ashleigh, 194

Madonna, 2, 115

Mika. Rhymes with, 92–3, 171, 197–99

Magic of the Rose. See ‘Wonderland. . .’

Mahi Whakangahau, 48–52, 50, 64–65, 75

Maka Takataapui: Te Madonna Maori (1966), 92–93

Manu Dolls, The, 221

Māori after Dark/Pacific Polynesia poster, 227

‘Māori Barbarella’, 217

‘Māori Barbie’, 165

‘Māori Boy’, 213, 214

Māori culture

Mika and, 13–15, 17–18, 40–41, 179

tourist encounters with, 181, 183–84

Māori identity, 119–20

in performance, 17–18, 38, 48, 50–51, 122, 122, 176–77, 188

Shakespearean theatre, 58–59

see also drag performance, ‘native drag’; postcolonial camp; takatāpuitanga

‘Maori queen of Scots’ title, 128

Māori Television, xv, 152, 185, 193–94

filming Avalon Studios 2004, 192

Queens of Panguru, 229

see also Matika; Te Mika Show

‘Maori Way of Life, The’, 13, 13–14

Marler, Cindy (photographer), 90

Martin, Charles, 194

Martin, Daniel, 240

Martin, Hannah, 236, 243

Matheson, Lexie, ix, 34, 225–26, 231, 234–36

Mātiro, vii

Matika, 193, 197, 200

Mauri (1987), 78

Maxwell, Paora, 51, 60, 192

McClintock, Anne, 61–62

McCoy, Steve, 25

McDonald, Ewen, 116

McDonald, Ginette, xvi, 65

McKeich, Hamish, 214

McKenzie, Bret, 192–93

McLean, Colin, 157, 197

see also Pollyfilla

media, 85

MTV, video, 91

see also film; radio; television

Menkes, Suzy, 201

Mete, Taane, 134, 134, 135

Meyer, Moe, viii

Mika, 73, 74, 80

around the world, 90, 204, 209, 211, 238

and Carmen, xiii–xiv, 48, 60, 63, 67, 67–69, 7071, 91, 142, 191, 231

and Creative New Zealand, 166

and friends, 77, 79, 93, 105, 110, 124, 142, 145, 153, 191, 206, 233

memorialised, vii–viii

as ‘Noble Savage’, 104–7

parades and carnivals, 92, 137, 140, 191, 236

social activism, 36, 52–53, 55–56, 58, 178

as teacher, 29–30, 35, 168–70

tohunga matakite, 232

see also Gudsell, Neil

Mika in performance, 87, 108, 115, 137, 138, 146, 159, 168, 187

backstage, 99, 141, 156, 157, 160, 180, 197–99, 213, 214

Plastic Māori, 183, 184

production roles, 50, 200, 212, 221, 223, 225

as writer, 64, 80, 213

see also by individual production title

Mika, photographic studies of, 47, 62, 73, 88–89, 95, 126, 129–33, 147, 149–51, 162, 246–47

‘Black Carnival’, 102, 117–18

with JGeek and the Geeks, 213

magazine shots, 97, 120, 122, 128

‘Māori Barbarella’, 219

‘Māori Barbie’, 165

see also posters

Mika and Friends, 154

‘Mika’ font, 188

Mika Haka, 13, 166

Mika Haka Kids documentary, 168, 181

Mika Haka Foundation, 228, 231–33

Mika Haka Show, The, 152, 170–72, 172–80, 173, 174, 175, 177

Mika Juiced. See Juiced

Mika: Kai Tahu, 116–19, 117–18

Mika Live (2004), 152, 185, 192, 193, 193–94

‘Mika Versus Fashion’ poster, 188

Mika’s Aroha Mardi Gras, 220, 220–30, 222, 223, 225, 245

poster, 224

Mika’s Xmas Special poster, 154

Mills, Jackie, 56

minstrelsy, 120, 122, 178, 183, 238

Mita, Merata, 78–80, 79, 81, 83, 85, 113, 232, 248

Mitchell, Elizabeth, 236

Miyake Dance Studios, 29–30, 30, 31

Miyazawa, Kenji, 207

Moana, Guy, 113

Mohi, Hinewehi, 156

moko, 123, 147, 160, 161, 226, 243

artists, 143, 160, 226

Mika in woman’s, 122, 124

mokomokai, 74

Molloy, Michael, 55, 56

Montreal Fringe Festival, Canada 2005, 184, 201

Moodley, Yolan, 159

Moon, Paul, ix, 36, 52–53

Mora, Rick, 233–34

Moriarty, Jim, 48, 48

Morrison, Temuera, 97

Morrow, Diana, 35, 167

Mr Lock, 30

Mr Wonderful, 31

Munroe, Piripi, 105

Mystery of the Orchid, The. See ‘Wonderland. . .’

Nathan, Kiri, 219, 221, 222, 224, 236

National Radio. See radio

Neil Gudsell Uncooked, 80–83, 81, 82, 83

neoliberalism, 167–68

Nesian Mystik, 157

Netana, Te Rangitu, 226

New York City’s Hip Hop Public Health, 233

New York Fashion Week 2013, 239

New Zealand Fashion Week, 188, 201, 232

New Zealand Flashdance Championship, 28, 41, 45

New Zealand School of Dance, 43, 52

Nga Toa aerobics team, 54, 55

Ngatai, Ned, 67

Nicholas, Te Rangikaihoro Laurie, 160

Night of the Milky Way Galaxy poster, 207

Nights in the Gardens of Spain, xvi, 103, 104–7

Nix (TYT) costumes, 138, 139

‘Noble Savage’, the, 104–7

NZ Aerobics Championships, 55, 56

O’Brien, Richard, 159

Oge, Gina, 194

Okareka Dance Company, 134

Old Mill Disco, The, 25, 28, 29, 36

Olo, Ricky, 194

Orme, Sara (photographer), 154, 220, 234

Barbie Aotearoa, 165

photographic studies, 188, 217

Salon Mika 2014, 219, 227

Otago Festival of the Arts 2003, 173

Otara Mall, Auckland, 240, 242, 243

Owen, Rena, 220, 221, 224

‘Pa Cinema’, 196

Pacific Sisters, 120, 145–46, 146

costumes by, vii, 2, 133, 144, 155, 165, 173, 174, 175

Paki, Whatumoana, 105

Pania’s Palace, xv

Papesch, Te Rita, viii

Parai, Parai, 213, 214, 215

Parata, Luke, 75

Parata, Paul, 25

Parmenter, Michael, 58

Paua House (Flutey family), 10, 12, 17

Paul, Joanna, 87

Paul, Suzanne, 180, 185

Paulo, Aukilani (Joey), 180

Pearl Harbour (1992). See Japan

Pearlz of Meganesianz fa’afafine dance troupe, 221

Perry, Natalie, 194

Perth Festival of the Arts, 137, 141

Peterborough Arts Centre, 29, 34

Petit, Miss Leda, 221, 223

Phoenix & Tais Belly Dancers, 221

Piano, The. See The Piano

Piatti-Farnell, Lorna, x

‘Pink Flight’ (Air New Zealand), 191

Pirihi, Ruth, 55

Plastic Māori, the, 183, 184, 184, 194, 195, 200, 200, 201

‘Plastic Māori’, 64, 183–84

Pō/Beautiful Darkness, 212, 214–15, 215

poster, 214

Pollyfilla (Colin McLean), 157, 183, 194, 197, 214, 222

in performance, 195, 196

Pomo Afro Homos, 89, 93, 93, 95, 207

postcolonial camp, 123, 172, 179–80

see also camp

posters, 228, 229

Mika on, 83, 154, 155, 188, 207, 214, 224, 226, 227, 234

Pou, Rosa (Halkett), 9

Pou, Terence John, 8

Pou, Witoti Winiki, 8

Pounamu Diamonds, 221, 223

Prescott-Faletau, Amanaki (Hope), 228

Pride Parade 2014, Auckland, 236

Prime, Dalvanius, 74–75, 77, 83, 85, 113, 232, 248, 268

names Mika, 73

protest marches, 26, 36, 52–53, 55–56, 178

Pure Mika, 128, 155

QEII Arts Council, 43

Queens of Panguru, 229

Quinn, Laurence (photographer), 97

Quinton, Everett, 95

race politics, 53, 78–79, 119, 231–33

in USA, 41–43, 95, 120, 122

see also Māori identity

radio, 126, 128, 153, 154

song banned from, 75

Radio with Pictures, 85

Rangitukunoa, Rangi, 162

Rawaka, 180–81, 180, 184–85

Rawaka (show), 152

Raymond, Rosanna, 145

Reihana, Lisa, 117, 120, 122

Ridiculous Theatrical Company, The, 95

Robinson, Seona (photographer), 209, 211

Robinson, Steve, 240

Rocky Horror Picture Show, 140

Roderick, Maramena, 152–53, 153, 181

Romerias de Mayo Festival, Cuba, 203

Room 1334, 225, 234–36

poster, 234

Ross, Andrew, 179

Rosta, Tim, 115

Rotorua, 14, 38, 183

Rowan, Diana, 95

Royal, Taiaroa, 134, 134, 135, 137, 159

Ru, Edward, 222, 223

Rugby World Cup, Auckland. See Mika’s Aroha Mardi Gras

Rupe, Carmen, xiii–xiv, 48, 58, 60, 63, 67, 68, 7071, 74, 75, 91, 124, 125, 191, 195, 231, 248

as activist, 56, 157

birthday party 1998, 142

Mika as, 67–69

see also Carmen (film)

Rupe, Trevor. See Rupe, Carmen

Ruwhiu, Andrew, 36

Ruwhiu, Hemi, 14–15, 15

Ruwhiu, Kay, 14

Sadler, Wairua, 87

Sai‘ifiti, Lady, 180, 192

Sai‘ifiti, Roxanne, 180

Sajeev, Vakkom, 209, 211, 212

Salon Mika (show), iv, vii, 219, 227

Sam Steroid, 81

Samudra, 211, 212

Samudra Centre for Indian Contemporary Performing Arts (Kerala), 209

Sanchez, Lamar Bbc, 238

Sargeson, Frank, 34

Savage, Dan, 236

School of Dance, New Zealand, 43, 52

Schuster, Sue, ix, 6, 29

Semu, Greg (photographer), 149, 226

sexuality. See takatāpuitanga

Shakespearean theatre, 58–59

Shakti, 206–8, 206, 207, 211, 212

Shark in the Park, xiii, 43, 65–67, 66, 194

Shortland Street, 83, 201

Smith, Ellen-Moana, 194

Snipes, B. Hawk, 239

Solomon family, 16

Sontag, Susan, 179, 237

Soul, David, 159

South by Southwest festival (SXSW), Austin Texas 2015, 188, 238

South Island Disco Championship, 28–29, 29

Spencer, Leni, xv

Splore Festival, Auckland, 146

Springbok rugby tour protests, 36, 52–53, 79, 83

Squid nightclub, 115

St-Ambroise Montreal Fringe Festival 2005, 201

Starfish Enterprise Cabaret, 127–28, 134–39, 134

Steele, Patrick, iv, 204, 205

Steven, Geoff, 67, 68

Stonewall, 22, 36

Stonewall Equality Show, Royal Albert Hall, 152–53

Strangely Normal (costume by), 203

Strike (percussion group), 145

Summer Rites gay festival, London, 137

Supply, 213, 214

‘Mika’ font by, 188

Sweetwaters Festival 1999, 159

Sword, Albert (photographer), 73, 88, 89, 95, 100–1, 268

SXSW. See South by Southwest festival

Sydney, 69, 91

Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, 60, 191

Hamlet in, 58–60

Tai, Thomas, 81

Tai Rakena, Hariata, 197

Taiatini, Marino, 213, 214

takatāpuitanga, 93, 95, 97–98, 111, 232

and media, 84–85, 85

Taki Māori, 227

‘Coffee’ music video, 240, 243

Taki Rua theatre company, 145

Tamaki, Suzanne, 145

Taniue, Darren, 228

taniwha, 3, 89, 171–72

Taniwha (film, 2015), 159, 226

music video, 143

Tanuvasa, Jaycee, 228

Tauhore, Arthur, 47

Tawhiao, Shona, vii

Taylor, Inia, 143

Taylor, Rangimoana, 60

Te Amo, Mokoera, 105, 197, 234

Mika Haka Kids documentary, 181

in performance, 171, 172, 179, 192, 194, 212

Plastic Māori, 183, 184, 200

Te Ara Poutama, 170

Te Ariki Vaine Polynesian Dance Team, 221

Te Ātairangikaahu, Te Arikinui Dame, 104, 105, 248

Te Awekotuku, Ngahuia, 232

‘Te Māori’ exhibition, 64

Te Mika Show, 152, 157, 193–97

Te Ohu Whakaari, 51, 52, 55, 58–60, 64, 105

Te Pūranga Takatāpui o Aotearoa/ Lesbian and Gay Archives of New Zealand, 232

te reo Māori, 39, 144, 190, 197

in performance, xi, 3, 18, 109, 111, 125, 171, 175, 193

politics of, 78–79

Te Tai Tonga Kapa Haka troupe, 221

Te Ua, Henare Ramoa, 126, 128, 248

Te Ua, Kereama, 162

Te Wake, Ramegus, 192

Teen Faggots poster, 228

television, 191, 192–94, 209

see also Māori TV; Matika; Mika Haka Kids; Mika Live; Shark in the Park; Te Mika Show; Stonewall; Radio with Pictures

‘Tēnei Tōku Ure’, 110–11

Tere, Mama, 142

Tewake, Jay, ix, 191, 227, 233, 236

in performance, 214, 221, 222, 244

as photographer, 247

Tewake, Ramon, 229

The Angel Tour, 152, 156

The Depot, Wellington, 48, 50, 64, 75

see also Live at the Depot

The Piano, xiv, 43, 95–99, 99, 174, 191, 194

The Transmission Room, 183

Thomas, Pete, 194

Thompson, Margaret, 16

Thompson, Mohi, 110, 138

Timaru, xiii, 3, 5–6, 26, 28, 140

Timaru Boys’ High School, 6, 19–21, 21, 245

cabaret 2002, 2–3, 212

Todd, Belinda, 87

tohunga matakite, Mika as, 232

Toki, Taupuhi, 105

Mika Haka Kids documentary, 181

in performance, 171, 192, 194, 212

Plastic Māori, 183, 184

Torgovnick, Marianna, 105

Torotoro Trust (2001–8), 231

Torotoro Urban Māori Pacific Dance Crew, 160–62, 166, 168–70, 180, 180–81, 194, 201, 234

in India, 209, 211, 212

in performance, 168, 169, 170–72, 173, 174, 175–77, 175, 177

at Tūrangawaewae, 105

Totally Uncut (1991), 63, 83, 84

tourists. See Māori culture, tourist encounters

transvestism, 61–63

Tribal Hollywood, 1, 140, 141, 152, 159, 160, 201

poster, 154

Trina, 241

Trubuhovich, Neil (photographer), 55, 56, 83

Tuapaea, Niwhai, 159

Tuarae, Andrew, 55

Tuhura, Raukawa, 228

Tukere, Piri (Supply) 213

Turner, Ryan, 232, 236

Tutu (show), 128, 13839

Tuutaniwha, Kingi, 183, 184

Ueta, 159

UhuRas, The, 133, 134, 134–36, 135, 138, 149, 154, 195

Uncooked. See Neil Gudsell Uncooked

United States of America (USA), 190, 237

racial politics in, 40–43, 95, 120, 122

Valasi, Kirby, 194

Versace, Donatella, 201

Vitali, Vanda, 213

Vovers, Nick (photographer), 187

Wairoa Māori Film Festival, 79

Wallace, Bettina, x

Warasi, Nigel, 194

Webster, Christine, 104, 117–19, 124, 156

photographs by, 103, 117, 124, 128, 133

Weetbix cards, 13–14

Wehi, Ngapo, 248

Wellington, 43, 47, 51–52, 55, 60, 67, 185

shows and events in, xiii, 48, 48–51, 50, 87, 115, 147, 178

Wellington Arts Festival 1998, 115

Wharekawa-Burt, ‘Auntie’ Mabel, 193

Wichman, Tutevera, 87

Whitehouse, Thareeza, 194

Whiting, Elizabeth, vii, 165, 173, 174, 175

Wijohn, Nancy, 192

Wilson, Jani Katarina Taituha, x

Wilson, Sue, 136

Windsor, Dame Barbara, 156

Winston Churchill Memorial Trust, 58, 88–89

Winter, Jade, 180

Winter, Renee, 181, 192

Witika, Sariah, 180, 192

‘Wonderland: The Mystery of the Orchid and the Magic of the Rose’, xvi, 211–12, 213

Wright, Douglas, 58

Xia, Kevin, 236

‘You Think You’re a Man. . .’, 183

Young, Robert J. C., 123

youth work. See Mika as teacher; Mika Haka; Miyake Dance Studio

Zhang, Siche, 227, 232, 236, 240, 241

Images

Images for ‘I Have Loved Me a Man’. The single, produced by Dalvanius Prime, was released by Maui Records under the Warner Music label. Costumes by DeeZaStar (Kneel Halt), headpiece by hairdresser David Shields. Photos by Albert Sword.