Tag: Covid 19
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...
Wellington Pride Festival has today announced that next year’s Pride celebration will be postponed due to the ongoing community outbreak of COVID-19 in Aotearoa.
The 2022 festival will now be planned for September, six months after the Festival was originally scheduled to run in March.
Wellington Pride Festival co-chairs Vivian Lyngdoh...
Renowned express social photographer Peter Jennings has taken some of our greatest scene pictures over the last few years. He tells us how he is coping with Level 4 and his top tips for surviving self-isolation.
Tell us about your Level 4 Lockdown.
I’m classed as an essential worker in the...
Express talks to members of our LGBTQ+ community to find out how they are doing in Level 4 Lockdown and hear their tips for maintaining mental health. Today we speak to COVID-19 Disability Response Lead at the Ministry of Health Rāwā Mahu Karetai Wood-Bodley.
Tell us about your Level 4 Lockdown and...
URGE Events co-founder Paul Heard is locked down in a small coastal town in the Coromandel. For the next week or so he will be kept busy with his greenhouse, taxes and organising a virtual underwear party!
Tell us about your Level 4 Lockdown!
I am in the little coastal town...
Express talks to notable members of our LGBTQ+ community to find out how they are doing in Level 4 Lockdown and hear their tips for maintaining mental health in self-isolation. Today we chat with Chief Executive of Mōhio Whakawhānau Frankie Karetai Wood-Bodley.
Tell us about your Level 4 Lockdown. Where...
Christchurch-based Married At First Sight alumni Ray Wedlake shares his tips and tricks to surviving lockdown and he gets his hands busy with DIY and keeps his eyes off social media! “Everyone’s way of coping is different so try not to compare yourself to everyone else on Instagram!”
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