Category: Events

“I’m sad that people – and people will because they are people – would perceive that me suing the papers that week was anything other than to do with the fact that I could sue them… nothing to do with gay stuff, just that they were lying,” When boy band Take That exploded in the […]

ALEXIA SANTAMARIA is the co-author of popular blog www.cheapeats.co.nz, the Auckland guide to eating great food without going bankrupt. Frybaby If you’re a fan of fries – are there people who aren’t? – make sure you check out recently opened Frybaby in Commerce Street in the city. We passed by after a couple of cocktails […]

The Puāwai Festival, in association with Body Positive, The New Zealand AIDS Foundation and Positive Women Inc, returns to Auckland from Monday 27 November to Saturday 2 December, shining the spotlight on some of the little talked about HIV-related issues and highlighting personal stories of those living with with the virus. Raising awareness and funds […]

With the news of a news ringing through our ears, there was no better way to celebrate on Labour Weekend then to get your dancing shoes on and check on the plethora of live music on offer. On Sunday 22 October ZM’s Friday Jams festival beckoned. The truly amazing thing about the Friday Jams tour […]

You won’t believe who’s coming this month! If I told you the following names are all performing in New Zealand this month – would you believe me? There’s Drake, Lorde, The Weeknd, Stevie Nicks, Bic Runga, Sean Mendes, Khalid and Take That! -Drake‘s Boy Meets World tour which lands at Auckland’s Spark Arena on Friday […]

With the news of a news ringing through our ears, there was no better way to celebrate on Labour Weekend then to get your dancing shoes on and check on the plethora of live music on offer. First stop Anika Moa! On Friday 20 October Anika Moa’s In Swings The Tide 10th Anniversary Tour stopped […]

The musical Pleasuredome is running to huge success. It’s an Andrew Lloyd Webber type extravaganza that every gay boy and girl should see. Although it is set in early 80’s New York, the relevance to today’s US political scene is obvious. The setting, in a giant warehouse in Avondale is sooo over the top! You […]

  Brief’s new show “Close Encounters” hits Q Theatre for an end of year knees up! Hot on the (high) heels of last year’s silly season smash hit, the world’s hottest all-male boylesque stars BRIEFS are headed back to Auckland’s Q Theatre this November, with a brand new show that promises galactic glamour, astro-athleticism and […]