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WATCH: New Zealand's Underground Vogue Scene

"Fucking up the patriarchy one Caucasian space at a time."

For a growing community of young LGBTQ Māori and Pacific Islanders in Auckland, the vogue scene is a place of expression and sanctuary. In this first episode of our new Zealandia series, VICE meets some of the scene's breakout stars to understand how their personal journeys intersected with a dance movement that originated in 1980s Harlem.