Category: Events
Ahead of the Rainbow Games 2026, which starts on 29 October, RG ambassador Hugo Chou reflects on queer life at an all-boys school, taking his LGBTQ+ group to Lil’ Gay Out and going home ready to tell his mum he was gay By Year 13, your closest friends knew you were gay, and you were helping […]
Raureti Ormond reflects on growing up gay in a rugby family, and how his relationship with his Pāpā inspired his new show, Grass Roots So far, most of my creative practice has been steeped in my love of musical theatre, a form that lends itself to glamour, spectacle and beauty. But with my new show ‘Grass Roots’, I wanted […]
The Drag Race fan favourite opens up about backstage drama, touring chaos and her long-awaited Palmy Drag Fest debut Vanessa Vanjie Mateo needed only one episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race to become unforgettable. Her backwards Season 10 exit became a global meme and earned her a return for Season 11. She has since toured the […]
Wellington’s queer party crowd headed underground on Saturday 15 August as FRISKY RAVE CAVE took over Afters on Dixon Street for one seriously sweaty night. Hosted by the boys at Frisky Events NZ, the party transformed the venue into a dark, high-energy playground, with DJs Zac, DJ Le Snack, and Jimmy Fade delivering a heavy […]
Rainbow Games 2026 gave Aucklanders a taste of one of its newest sports this morning, with a successful Functional Fitness preview showing that you certainly do not need to be a gym junkie to get involved. Held at 312 Fortitude in Onehunga on Saturday 15 August, the special one-hour session invited participants to put Functional […]
Winter Pride is taking a hiatus in 2026, but anyone who already booked flights, accommodation and annual leave still has plenty to pack for. Queenstown’s annual Winter Pride festival may be taking a break this year, but the rainbow community certainly isn’t abandoning the mountains. From Friday 4 to Sunday 6 September, independently produced LGBTQ+ […]
Blue-haired, genderfluid and gloriously unfiltered, Ashnikko turns feminine rage, queer desire and fantasy spectacle into some of pop’s most thrillingly strange music Ashnikko has built a career from the emotions women and queer people are often encouraged to hide. Her songs revel in anger, lust, heartbreak, revenge, silliness and bodily autonomy, delivered through a collision of bubblegum […]
From Adele to Bizarre Bras: Leather Lungs discusses his preparation for returning to the World of WearableArt for its new show GLO! Nearly 20 years after the World of WearableArt helped launch his career, Jason Chasland is preparing to return to the Wellington spectacular, this time bringing the full, fabulous force of his alter ego, […]