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Louisa Wall Facing Manurewa Selection Challenge
The mother of marriage equality is locked in an internal Labour Party battle which could see her lose her Manurewa seat.
Louisa Wall, mother of...
Busting the Beauty Myth
Game Face is a joyfully anarchic, theatrical critique of oppressive beauty ideals and the effort it takes to keep resisting them. Performers and creators...
Classique Gautier
What do you get when world-renowned choreographer Angelin Preljocaj collaborates with legendary fashion designer Jean-Paul Gautier on Ballet Preljocaj’s Snow White? Forget Disney’s fluff,...
History Never Repeats
Historian Gareth Watkins selects his most significant moments from Aotearoa’s queer history from February's past.
3 February 1944
Human rights campaigner Sister Paula Brettkelly was born...
Sir Elton John Forced to Postpone Auckland Shows to 2021
The Rocketman will return next year to complete his farewell tour.
Sir Elton John has been forced to postpone his two remaining Auckland shows until...
We Are All Fighters
Ahead of UFC Auckland Felder vs Hooker on Sunday 23 February, express caught up with UFC fighter Shana Dobson to discuss being a proud...
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Pride Month Profile: The Mother of Marriage Equality
Labour MP Louisa Wall (Ngati Tuwharetoa me Waikato) talks to express about being a proud Takatapui, campaigning for law reform in the Cook Islands...
Kim Chi: “Donut Come For Me!”
Star of Season 8 of RuPaul’s Drag Race, Kim Chi, slayed at ‘Werq The World’ in Auckland last night. She discusses her Anime obsession,...
Ngahuia Te Awekotuku: “Inclusivity is an assumption”
In 1981, Ngahuia Te Awekotuku (Ngāti Whakaue) MNZM became the first Maori female to gain a doctorate in Aotearoa. She went on to become...
ARTS AND CULTURE
Classique Gautier
What do you get when world-renowned choreographer Angelin Preljocaj collaborates with legendary fashion designer Jean-Paul Gautier on Ballet Preljocaj’s Snow White? Forget Disney’s fluff,...
Pride Month Profile: Welby Ings
Award-winning university professor, film-maker, author and illustrator, Welby Ings, has been a gay activist since the 1970s when he was outed and expelled from...
LIFESTYLE
Busting the Beauty Myth
Game Face is a joyfully anarchic, theatrical critique of oppressive beauty ideals and the effort it takes to keep resisting them. Performers and creators...
Superlative Sports Car : BMW’s New Z4
Robert Barry enjoys the open-topped driving experience that only a BMW roadster can deliver.
It’s nice to know in this age of the SUV and...
express Goes Balmy in Bali
express experiences both sides of Bali from the hustle and bustle of sophisticated party-capital Seminyak to the chilled out vibes of Nusa Dua.
If you're after big...
EVENTS
Sir Elton John Forced to Postpone Auckland Shows to 2021
The Rocketman will return next year to complete his farewell tour.
Sir Elton John has been forced to postpone his two remaining Auckland shows until...
We Are All Fighters
Ahead of UFC Auckland Felder vs Hooker on Sunday 23 February, express caught up with UFC fighter Shana Dobson to discuss being a proud...
Feel Proud for Free
All over our supercity Auckland Council’s Proud Centres are hosting over 80 free Pride events from sports to drag to thought-provoking discussions. Here are...
OPINION
R.E.S.P.E.C.T. Find Out What It Means To Me
In a recent interview, gay pop pioneer Boy George’s referred to non-binary pronouns as modern-day attention-seeking. Poet Essa May Ranapiri says that this attitude...
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
Our annual celebration of all things LGBTIQ+ is here! Ramon Te Wake examines the power of words, kind and otherwise, during Pride.
With Pride...
Stop Legalised Torture in New Zealand
The Conversion Therapy Action Group’s Harry Robson urges all New Zealander’s to take action to get the damaging practise outlawed.
Conversion therapy is an...
GIVEAWAYS
10 x One Year Subscriptions to NEON
Sky’s streaming service is home to The L Word – Generation Q, The New Pope, Love Island UK, Watchmen, Succession and Ellen Page’s Gaycation. These...
2 x VIP Passes to APO’s Bach & Brahms
This double VIP pass includes being hosted by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra with pre-drinks and interval refreshments at Auckland Town Hall on Thursday 20...
2 x Double Passes to AAF’s Limbo Unhinged
Visiting our shores as part of Auckland Arts Festival, Limbo Unhinged is a modern intimate circus show that unleashes pyrotechnics, sword-swallowing and aerial shenanigans...
