Day: March 20, 2024

Ahead of her farewell tour before relocating to jolly old England, Ivanna Drink discusses divorce, finding new love and the experience of marching in Auckland’s Rainbow Parade. We have seen you everywhere this Pride Season. What have been your favourite events so far, and why? I loved walking in the Rainbow Parade this year. There […]

All of Us Strangers sparks an argument that Michael Stevens is keen to debate. The gay film All of Us Strangers has been a hit this summer. With two beautiful, talented men in the lead, Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal, it’s not hard to see why. It’s a beautiful, mysterious and evocative love story between […]

Last year, Karin McCracken and Eleanor Bishop (aka the theatre-making partnership EBKM) created Heartbreak Hotel, a musical play that explored the complexities of dating and heartache, which quickly became the talk of NZ’s theatre scene and was widely considered the best piece of homegrown theatre produced in 2023.  This year, as part of Te Ahurei […]

2022 Arts Laureate award-winner Lindah Lepou has been a creative interdisciplinary force in NZ Arts since the early nineties, while mentoring and supporting other queer artists. Best known to many on Auckland’s gay scene for founding fa’afafine/takatāpui/trans girl group Pure Funk, which lit up stages and parties with their cutting-edge choreography, Lindah became renowned for […]

Family First is a key pressure group in quashing the Relationships & Sexuality Curriculum. Craig Young examines their influence on NZ First. Family First was founded in 2006, primarily in opposition to the end of parental corporal punishment as the Clark Labour government repealed Section 59 of the Crimes Act 1961. It happened anyway and […]