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    STANDING ON THEIR SHOULDERS

    Nov 10, 2019 2 minutes
    PENNY MACKAY

    SAY “CARMEN”, and most Wellingtonians immediately know who you mean. Even those who don’t recognise the name know the woman memorialised in the Cuba St precinct’s pedestrian green-light silhouettes.

    In the 60s and 70s, Carmen Rupe was at the heart of the capital’s nightlife. She owned a popular coffee lounge and a strip

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