Category: Arts & Culture
American singer/songwriter, Kelly Clarkson has been brought to tears after a gay couple’s audition on The Voice. The singing duo titled, OneUp, which includes Adam and Jerome, performed Could It Be I’m Falling in Love by The Spinners. While the due’s vocals caused Kelly Clarkson, Jennifer Hudson, and Blake Shelton to turn their chairs around in approval, Adam and Jerome soon […]
Auckland Museum is the first Museum in New Zealand to have been awarded the Rainbow Tick, an external audit and quality improvement programme designed to help an organisation to be a safe, welcoming and inclusive place for people of diverse gender identity and sexual orientation. “The Museum encourages diversity in the workplace and sees real value in embracing people from a […]
Mika says LGBT icon Carmen Rupe had sexual relations with a number of high profile All Blacks. Mika made the claims while on Maori TV’s Native Affairs program, promoting his new book I Have Loved Me A Man. The entertainer says Carmen Rupe was a mentor of his and says he knows the name of […]
A new video from the popular YouTube series titled Kids React, featuring a group of kids opening up on their opinions on whether or not Bert & Ernie from Sesame Street are a couple has gone viral. The Kids React video follows Sesame Street writer Mark Saltzman ended years of speculation on whether characters Bert and Ernie were gay or not, claiming that the […]
A new ten-part reality dating series, hosted by Courtney Act has been commissioned by E! Entertainment, and aims to captivate a growing number of people who identify as bisexual. Titled The Bi Life, the new show will follow a group of bisexual+ (bi, pansexual, fluid, etc.) or questioning British singles as they are sent on an adventure […]
Auckland War Memorial Museum’s Are We There Yet? – Women and Equality in Aotearoa examines the journey of gender equality in New Zealand. Express takes a closer look at this inclusive exhibition. This year marks the 125th anniversary of women’s suffrage in New Zealand. On 19 September 1893, the Electoral Act 1893 was passed, giving all […]
Actor Paul Fagamalo talks to express about growing up in South Auckland, identifying as fa’afafine and starring in Maori TV’s Tongue Tied. On Tongue Tied Paul Fagamalo plays Pristina is a strong-willed Samoan fa’afafine who is wanting to learn more Te Reo. Born and raised in Mangere, he tells us about his life growing up. […]
This month Auckland Live presents Women 20-18 a season of visual art, music, theatre and talks that shines a spotlight on the un-ordinary women of New Zealand’s arts industries, and celebrates the voices of all women here and around the world. On 8 September – the 125th anniversary of the day our parliament voted 20 – 18 […]