Day: April 14, 2021

Historian Gareth Watkins explores April stories from Aotearoa’s queer past. 30 April 1886 Australian-born Amy Bock received her first of many convictions in New Zealand.  An early newspaper report described Bock as having a “perfect mania for what she called ‘shopping’ which consisted of ordering goods she did not require and could not pay for.” […]

While on bail, Mika was granted hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of grants while charged with perverting the course of justice. The grants won’t be returned. Mika Haka also known as ‘Mika X’ was receiving hundreds of thousands of government grants while awaiting trial for perverting the course of justice. The NZ Herald reports […]