Day: September 9, 2020

Historian Gareth Watkins highlights significant September dates from Aotearoa’s rainbow history. 12 September 1861  Artist and teacher Dolla (Dorothy) Richmond was born in Auckland. During her career, Richmond focused on botanical studies, still life and landscapes. Art historian Janet Paul described her work as having a “unique poetic quality.” Richmond never married but had close […]

The new guidelines are being called the “first meaningful change” since 2002. Sex education in New Zealand is set for a major overhaul, with schools across the country being told they must allow students the option of choosing their own gender identities and names. “Sexuality education” is out, to be replaced by “relationships and sexuality […]