Anne Speir

Last updated March 09, 2019

Anne Elizabeth Speir is a former television producer from New Zealand.^[1]

In the 1970s Speir was the first female professional lifeguard on Mount Maunganui beach.^[1]

Mount Maunganui is a major residential, commercial and industrial suburb of Tauranga, located on a peninsula to the north-east of Tauranga's city centre. It was an independent town from Tauranga until the completion of the Tauranga Harbour Bridge in 1988, which connects Mount Maunganui to Tauranga's central business district.

Speir joined South Pacific Television in the late 1970s and later moved to Television New Zealand where she worked on A Week Of It. She also worked for Maori Television and produced Takataapui, a gay lifestyle series, in 2004.^[1]^[2]

South Pacific Television was a television channel in New Zealand, which operated between 1976 and 1980.

A Week of It is a New Zealand television series which ran from 1977 to 1979. A comedy sketch show, the series relied heavily on political satire, and as such was often written very shortly before it screened. Although it only ran for three years, the show was very popular, and launched the careers of many New Zealand entertainers, most notably David McPhail and Jon Gadsby.

Māori Television is a New Zealand television station that broadcasts programmes that make a significant contribution to the revitalisation of the Māori language and culture. Funded by the New Zealand Government, the station commenced broadcasting on 28 March 2004 from its studios in Newmarket, Auckland.

Speir has also served as the chairwoman of the Hero Trust, which organised gay pride parades in Auckland from 1992 to 2001.^[1]^[3]

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1 2 3 4 "Drugs charges for past TVNZ editor". NZ Herald. 2012-06-16. ISSN 1170-0777 . Retrieved 2018-04-13.
↑ Hutchings and Aspin, Jessica and Clive (2007). Sexuality and the Stories of Indigenous People. Huia Publishers. p. 128.
↑ "Chair Anne Speir resigns from Hero trust » archived article sourced from GayNZ.com". www.pridenz.com. Retrieved 2018-04-13.

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[:0-1] 1 2 3 4 "Drugs charges for past TVNZ editor". NZ Herald. 2012-06-16. ISSN 1170-0777 . Retrieved 2018-04-13.

[2] Hutchings and Aspin, Jessica and Clive (2007). Sexuality and the Stories of Indigenous People. Huia Publishers. p. 128.

[3] "Chair Anne Speir resigns from Hero trust » archived article sourced from GayNZ.com". www.pridenz.com. Retrieved 2018-04-13.