Resilience: New Zealand's Fight Against AIDS

Queer Aotearoa: We've Always Been Here Season 1 Episode 3

Overview:
The first series to revisit New Zealand’s AIDS crisis and its impact on gay men. We meet Michael Stevens, diagnosed with HIV at 27 in 1988, who survived hospice stays long enough to access groundbreaking HIV treatments. The episode also honours Bruce Burnett, a pioneer in New Zealand’s fight against HIV, and Denny Marks, the first New Zealander known to die from the virus.

Genre : Documentary

Actors : Eli Matthewson, Anika Moa, Mike Puru, Jools Topp, Lynda Topp, Amanaki Prescott-Faletau, Ramon Te Wake

Release Date : 2025-02-01

Duration : 23 menit

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1. Seeing is Believing: Queer Representation in Media
Fighting for Our Rights: Homosexual Law Reform
2. Fighting for Our Rights: Homosexual Law Reform
Resilience: New Zealand's Fight Against AIDS
3. Resilience: New Zealand's Fight Against AIDS
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5. Love Thy Neighbour: The Church and the Rainbow Community
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