Day: September 22, 2026

Forty-five minutes from central Wellington, Leilani Sio (they/them) has found a place where they can disappear.  They live in a small village on the Kāpiti Coast, close enough to Pōneke for their work at Experience Wellington but far enough away to enjoy a degree of anonymity. The ocean is central to life there. Sio swims […]

A coalition of 100 Australian organisations is urging federal MPs to reject attempts to redefine “sex” in the Sex Discrimination Act, warning proposed changes could weaken protections for transgender and intersex people as well as women more broadly. The open letter brings together women’s organisations, LGBTQ+ groups, unions, disability organisations and mental-health advocates. Signatories include […]

Conservation, community and connection came together at The Hotel Britomart in Auckland for a special networking brunch exploring how collaboration can turn shared environmental values into greater impact. At the heart of Conservation in Action were husbands Jerad and Ike Haldan, the couple behind the Otago Peninsula Eco Restoration Alliance — The OPERA. Together, they […]

Police are hunting three men after a stabbing outside one of Liverpool’s best-known LGBTQ+ venues left three people injured in the early hours of Sunday morning. Merseyside Police were called to Tithebarn Street shortly after 6.30 am on 20 September, where three men were found injured following an incident believed to have started at nearby […]

A Sydney court has heard allegations that former NSW Police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon disguised himself as an Uber Eats rider before allegedly murdering TV presenter Jesse Baird and Baird’s boyfriend, Luke Davies. Lamarre-Condon, 31, is standing trial in the NSW Supreme Court on two counts of domestic violence-related murder and one count of aggravated break […]