Category: Events
The Board of Auckland Pride would like to confirm their position that the New Zealand Police will not be marching in uniform in the 2019 Auckland Pride Parade. This decision has been made following a series of community feedback sessions, including the 2018 AGM and Community Hui series held in venues across Auckland. These discussions […]
Police will not be taking part in the Pride Parade in February after being told by festival organisers they were not welcome to march while wearing their uniform. Police were told they were not welcome while wearing uniform and instead were told that they must wear t-shirts if they wished to march in the parade. […]
Two-time Billy T award nominated (and twice robbed) comedian James Malcolm falls on his gay knees and pledges his heart and soul to pop’s reigning queen, Taylor Swift. I self-identify as the Taylor Swift of NZ comedy because we both write about our ex-boyfriends. Taylor Swift is petty, dramatic, self-referencing and everything I aspire to […]
‘A free seminar explaining the practical, legal, financial and medical information regarding surrogacy is returning to Auckland. The event is put on by Oregon Reproductive Medicine (ORM) who specialise in surrogacy, egg and embryo donation and Repromed fertility clinics which offer IVF, donor services and surrogacy; and will be held on Sunday 11 November from 4 – […]
Call it divine intervention, but Sam Smith has a habit of pulling off the impossible. After his first album In The Lonely Hour was an international critical and commercial success, pundits suggested there was no way his second LP, The Thrill of It All, could be better. Yet Smith crafted a masterpiece that was somehow […]
Double Billy T nominated comedian James Malcolm checks out the NZ leg of Calum Scott’s Only Human tour. I went into The Powerstation last night knowing little about Calum Scott, other than his iconic cover of Robyn’s ‘Dancing On My Own’ but left a true stan. Calum is just so clearly the total package and […]
Kiki Kisses a queer pin-up vixen with as many curves as your friendly neighbourhood cul-de-sac. By day she’s a designer (from graphics to earrings) and by night a dazzling burlesque performer and a full-time glitter enthusiast that believes everyone has a reason to sparkle! Kiki is one of the ten finalists in the year’s Miss Pinup […]
Once a renowned men’s bar on Auckland’s K road, Urge’s notorious party brand is producing sexy nights out all over the country. Oliver Hall caught up owners Alan Granville and Paul Heard to reminisce about the little bar that could. Urge bar opened at 490 K road in November 1997, run by Larry Quickenden with […]