Day: July 4, 2024

The closing party of Pride Wairau took over Blenheim’s glamorous Hotel d’Urville, with drag shows and DJs and a diverse mix of rainbow communities. A similar party is being planned for Summer so book early!  Photos | Jim Tannock.

Historian Gareth Watkins looks back at July dates with notable connections to the progress of our rainbow communities. 9 July 1869 Emma Ada Scott was born in Tasmania, Australia. By 1914, she had moved to New Zealand and was living with her “dear friend” Alice Mills in Wellington. They moved to a house on the […]

ART & REALISM founder Jacquie Burke discusses her inclusive platform, offering artists a digital shopfront. Growing up on a kiwifruit orchard in Kati Kati, Bay of Plenty, Jacquie Burke’s childhood was filled with the joys of rural life. “It was amazing!” she recalls. “We had every kind of farm animal. I picked and packed kiwifruit […]