Category: Events
The Auckland Pride Board have announced the appointment of Joel Walsham into the newly created role of Festival Coordinator, with the aim of working alongside the community in putting together “a vibrant festival,” a reinvented Gala, and working towards a “grassroots-led Parade,” of a different “shape or form” compared to previous years. According to a press release from […]
After over 100 million record sales, countless awards, and dozens of hit songs, Canada’s “Queen of Country Pop” has finally given Kiwi fans what they have been craving in her first ever show in New Zealand. The country-pop extravaganza which was opened by the adorable 27-year-old swiss singer/songwriter Bastian Baker lived up to expectations with the energetic, […]
Auckland Pride has just announced there will be no parade next year. In place of a Pride parade, there will instead be a ‘march’ which express understands will not involve the previous corporates that have participated in previous years. There will also be no opening gala or closing party in 2019. The announced was made […]
Best known for her work on the Auckland Pride Parade, and the trusted face of NZ infomercials, Suzanne Paul catches up with express to discuss her role hosting the biggest 90’s pop party of the year; SO POP – The Ultimate Pop concert. Tell us about the origins of your relationship with New Zealand Rainbow […]
Following on from a successful attempt to ban uniformed police officers from participating in Auckland Pride, anti-police activists now have a new target on their radar – Wellington Pride. However, unlike the Auckland Pride parade, the group looks like they will be unsuccessful in their efforts, with the organisors of the Wellington International Pride Parade […]
Athletically gifted Canadian, Cedric Belisle will arrive in Auckland in February to play the lead role in Cirque Du Soleil’s Kooza. The muscular trampolinist tells express about being gay in a travelling circus. Cedric was ten years old when he went to see his first Cirque Du Soleil show, Alegria. “I told my parents that, […]
Championing authentic expression and representation of the HIV community, the Puāwai closes tomorrow following a week of kicking all things ‘stigma’ to the kerb. Now entering its fourth year, the festival is the brainchild of cultural provocateur and community facilitator Borni Te Rongopai Tukiwaho, and Mark Fisher from Body Positive. Creating open, safe and integrated spaces to […]
A 2018 survey shows there are still a lot of misconceptions around HIV that are contributing harmful stigma for people living with HIV (PLHIV). A survey commissioned by the New Zealand AIDS Foundation (NZAF) and Positive Women polled the attitudes around and perceptions of HIV in New Zealand. The results have brought to light several […]