Category: Events
With Winter Pride in full swing, platinum partner Booking.com releases new research shedding light on the power of community and acceptance for more inclusive travel. ‘Travel’ and its connotations should usually denote positive experiences, adventure and enjoyment. Yet for many Kiwi LGBTIQ+ travellers, the reality of travelling can often paint a very different picture, as […]
Organisers of the Auckland Rainbow Parade are calling on volunteers to make art to support the annual Parade set to take place on the 18th of February 2023 on Ponsonby Road, Auckland. If you feel like you missed your calling and have an artist inside just busting to get out – this could be your […]
Saturday 10 September will see the biggest drag spectacular to ever grace Palmerston North, Palmy Drag Fest, take over the Regent on Broadway! Organiser and hostess, Rhubarb Rouge sits down with express to discuss drag in the provinces, dream venues and performing her solo show at the Sydney Opera House. Palmy Drag Fest will be […]
Footnote New Zealand Dance is Aotearoa’s longest-running contemporary dance company. Founded by Deirdre Tarrant in 1985, Footnote is an ambitious national arts organisation that is dedicated to extensively touring dance works around Aotearoa and internationally. Footnote is known for creating and commissioning bold new work by New Zealand artists. Footnote’s new show, Dry Spell, is […]
This just in! Fans of RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under are in for double the fun as Queens from season one, and the recently announced season two are set to join forces for an eleganza extravaganza when they tour New Zealand this October. Season one winner Kita Mean will be joined on stage by runners-up […]
RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under Season 2 made its dramatic debut on TVNZ+ on Friday. Otahuhu-born, Sydney-based Faux Fur, tells us about her time on the show. Where did you grow up and how was growing up for you? I was originally born in New Zealand in South Auckland in Otahuhu but was raised in […]
Hailing from all over New Zealand and Australia, 10 queens handpicked by RuPaul herself will compete in Season 2 of Drag Race Down Under. Can the show’s most established queen – Sydney legend Minnie Cooper, win it all? Congratulations on being a Ru-girl! How does it feel to be able to share this exciting news now? […]
Hailing from all over New Zealand and Australia, 10 queens handpicked by RuPaul herself will compete in Season 2 of Drag Race Down Under. Ahead of the premiere on TVNZ+ at 6pm tonight, we meet Western Australia’s Hannah Conda! Congratulations on being a Ru-girl! How does it feel to be able to share this exciting news […]