HERO PARADE 2001

“Robert Rakete and Vanessa Wagener, one of Australia’s top drag queens, host a night of fun and mayhem involving a variety of floats, performers, volunteers and onlookers as they take part in the colourful and sometimes outrageous Auckland street parade. Truebliss’s Joe Cotton and Queer Nation’s Mark van Moorsel soak up the atmosphere, and there will be profiles and interviews from people working behind the scenes.” - (New Zealand Listener)

Judges: Marilyn Waring, Lilith (aka Gareth Farr), Chris Carter; Includes speech from PM Helen Clark.

0:00:23 - Hero Parade 2001
Robert Rakete and Vanessa Wagener, Joe Cotton and Mark van Moorsel.
Ribbon cutting by PM Helen Clark and MP Georgina Beyer, Mayor of Auckland Christine Fletcher, and the founders of Hero Rex [Halliday] and Bruce [Culmisdon], Miss K and the Hero Trust Board.
Comments: Mana Tere, float organiser; TV3 Hero marching girls; Diniel, Auckland Deaf & Gay community; Marching Band; Christine Fletcher, Mayor of Auckland; Don Gooder & Jane Khull, Auckland University of Technology - float organisers; Glen Crewther, 5th Season gardening Group - float organiser; Guest Bill Ralston; Freda Stark float; Hon. Judith Tizard, MP Auckland Central; Warwick Broadhead, Hero Parade Creative Director - remembrance float; Mika; Right Honourable Helen Clark; Georgina Beyer, MP Wairarapa; Susana Carryer “Angel” and hector Cumming “God”, Auckland Community Church; Pam Corkery; Peter Gordon and Michael McGrath, restaurateurs; Buckwheat; Carmen; Gareth Farr; Graig Osborne, Marching Boys Coach; Philip Patson, Queer of the Year 1999; Sean Lofts, CEO Hero Trust; Kim Elliott, Auckland Sexual Health; Isaac Dasilva, costume designer - Qantas float; Miss K.
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