Day: September 6, 2020

Olympian Nicola Adams will be one half of the show’s first same-sex couple. Will New Zealand’s Dancing with the Stars be next?  Olympic gold medallist Nicola Adams will make history on hit UK show Strictly Come Dancing as she stars as one half of the show’s first same-sex couple in this year’s season The Guardian […]

Almost a year to the day since his death, the Supreme Court has ruled that Peter Ellis’s appeal against his sexual offending convictions will be heard. The New Zealand Supreme Court has ruled Peter Ellis’s appeal against his historic convictions will proceed, despite his death in 2019. The case has been described as the nation’s […]

Tony Abbott has been blasted a ‘homophobe’ and ‘misogynist,’ as his lesbian sister comes to the former Australian PM’s defence. The British government is under growing pressure to dump Mr Abbott as an advisor to the board of trade just a day after his appointment becomes official. When Health Secretary Matt Hancock was challenged on-air […]

Registrations open tomorrow! For the first time in the festival’s nine-year run, Auckland Pride will be expanded out to be a near month-long celebration.  Auckland Pride Festival 2021 will run from February 3-28.  The festival says the expansion is a “testament to the growth of Aotearoa’s largest pride festival” but hints that there may be a different […]