Carmen Rupe

-um, loved White Diamonds.

Uh, apparently Carmen Rupe loved, uh, one called Duty Free.

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Yeah, yeah.

Which brings us into the Carmen Rupe exhibition.

Right.

So as contestants, we got to open for that.

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Absolutely.

So yeah, never before seen belongings of transgender icon Carmen Rupe are on display at the Wellington Museum now.

Please go see if you love fun.

11,000 wetupanga were released into predator-free islands and fence sanctuaries last year.

And Wellington Museum is celebrating the life of the capital's best-known transgender entrepreneur, the late Carmen Rupe, in its latest exhibition.

Arohanui Carmen Kiss Kiss opens today.

In the 1970s, Carmen had 12 businesses across Wellington, ranging from coffee lounges to brothels to nightclubs and a hairdressing salon.

Kiss, kiss.

It's about Carmen Rupe and her amazing legacy here in Wellington.

And something I've been thinking about asking you, which maybe is like behind the scenes, is I was thinking like, what was the inception or whose idea was it? And how long has this been in gestation? And like, what's the...

What's the germ? What's the beginning of this exhibition? And how did you get involved?