Tag: Covid 19
Beatle Treadwell is the Associate Director of Midwifery – Māori Health and Equity for Auckland District Health Board (ADHB). She tells Oliver Hall about her 30-year career, being a frontline worker during the pandemic and coming out at work in the 90s.
Beatle Treadwell began her three-year training to...
Rainbow MP Dr Elizabeth Kerekere says she will, “cooperate fully with the authorities for any next steps they might take.”
Green MP Dr Elizabeth Kerekere, the party's Covid response spokesperson, has resigned from her COVID-19 portfolio after breaching restrictions. Kerekere will retain her other portfolios including Rainbow Issues.
Kerekere travelled from...
Kiwi singer-songwriter Lontalius had just celebrated his 25th Birthday when he sat down with Oliver Hall to promote his Auckland Arts Festival concert that would mark his triumphant return to live performing for the first time since the pandemic. Sadly red alert level settings scuppered those plans, but graciously...
The popular venues will not be open this weekend following positive covid results for managers, some staff and customers.
As Omicron rips through New Zealand with over 12,000 new cases recorded today, Auckland’s queer scene is taking a hit.
The managers of both Eagle Bar and G.A.Y Auckland have spoken to...
Sydney Mardi Gras has confirmed the cancellation of one of its most significant events amid the rapid spread of coronavirus in New South Wales.
The party, which was scheduled to be held at Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion following the ever-popular Parade at the Sydney Cricket Ground, was called off by organisers,...
Just a day after the announcement of the cancellation of the Ending HIV Big Gay Out, Rainbow Pride Auckland has confirmed that the Auckland Rainbow Parade, which was scheduled to take place on the 19th of February 2022, has been cancelled.
Citing the potential health risk that Aotearoa New Zealand...
The New Zealand AIDS Foundation have announced that their annual BIG GAY OUT for 2022 has been cancelled due to concerns around “the safety of the communities and organisations” that attend the event.
The free event, which attracts 15,000 to 20,000 people, has become one of the ket events in...
K-Road's Popular G.A.Y Nightclub has been confirmed as a location of interest linked to the current Delta outbreak.
According to the Ministry of Health, the club was visited by a Covid Positive person between the times of 1.45 am and 3 am on Saturday the 8th January. Anyone who was...
