Day: March 18, 2022
Alfie’s was Auckland’s most talked about nightclub in the ’80s and a hub for the queer community, thanks, in part, to showgirl Niccole Duval’s infamous Bloomers stage show. She takes Steven Oates for a trip down memory lane. Throughout the 1980s there was one club in downtown Auckland that was synonymous with glitz, glamour and […]
Matt Fistonich chats to co-chairs Ajay and Alex from ASB‘s LGBTIQ+ network group Unity, to discover more about the team spreading Pride throughout one of NZ’s biggest banks and beyond. Unity was founded in 2014 and started out with just 10 members has since grown to over 80 representatives of the rainbow community and allies […]
Rainbow Counsellor Paul Letham is here to help with your problems. Today he tackles finding your inner calm in a crazy world. Dear Paul, All my friends have Covid, my business is struggling, but with border openings impending I was starting to see a light at the end of the tunnel. Then Russia invaded Ukraine […]
Rainbow Counsellor Paul Letham is here to help with your problems. Today, he tackles falling in love with your best friend! Hi Paul, I met my friend Claire off an app for a date. We had a good time but ended up as friends and it’s been great. We go for drinks, dinners and occasional […]
You can’t just walk up to that guy across the bar and tell him you like him because he’s a 10 and you’re, well, a solid six and a half? And have you seen Brian’s new boyfriend! Talk about reaching! It will never last… Dick Richard’s calls bullshit on your beauty standards! In a world […]
Host of Woof! The Auckland Rainbow Dog Show, Steven Oates, checks out Rialto Channel’s crazy colourful canine documentary, Well Groomed, where aspiring-artist pet-owners turn their pooches into their canvas! Every year at Woof! The Auckland Rainbow Dog Show I see doggies dressed up to the nines – but nothing I’ve seen over my many years […]
One of New Zealand’s favourite toast toppings has had a makeover! Innovative Kiwi beverage company Invivo are launching the ninth addition to Graham Norton’s Own Wines and Spirits range – a new Marmalade Gin, available now at liquor stores throughout New Zealand. Following the success of Graham Norton’s Own Irish and Own Pink GiNs, Graham […]
It’s a partnership 15 years in the making. “It’s been a long time coming,” laughs Ryan Teece. The Auckland real estate professional first met Ashley Duncan when he started working for her parents – Rotorua real estate powerhouses Shona and Alan Duncan – back in the mid-2000s. “They were the most incredible people to learn off,” Ryan says. “They […]