Category: Lifestyle
Matt Fistonich shares his experience of using Tend for GP appointments and prescriptions, exploring how the app simplifies healthcare access with a seamless, user-friendly experience tailored to modern life. I’ve tried a lot of things in my life. New cafes, new bars, new men. But actually getting healthcare sorted? That always sat somewhere between “urgent” […]
British female track and field athletes are being told they may need to pay for their own eligibility tests to compete in international competitions under new requirements tied to World Athletics regulations. World Athletics — the global governing body for athletics — now requires athletes competing in the women’s category at major championships and Diamond […]
We check out the standout restaurants helping shape Christchurch’s evolving dining scene — from vibrant city bistros to vineyard-views. There are meals you enjoy, and then there are meals that recalibrate your expectations. Christchurch dining has entered its recalibration era, grounded in confidence around local produce, inventive flavour combinations, and thoughtfully designed dining rooms. As […]
There’s something quietly subversive about a car that doesn’t demand patience, compromise, or proof that you’ve “earned” access to the future. Enter the Dongfeng BOX — a fully electric compact hatchback now available in Aotearoa for $29,990 + ORC. It’s the only brand-new EV under $30,000 ready for immediate delivery, a meaningful step for queer […]
Rainbow Games trustee Paea Longopoa shares her journey growing up queer in a Tongan family in Auckland, navigating culture, identity and finding belonging through rugby and Pacific-led rainbow spaces. Paea Longopoa grew up in Auckland as the only daughter in a Tongan family of five children. Her parents migrated from Tonga in the early 1970s, […]
A transgender amateur cricketer says she feels “completely heartbroken” after being abruptly barred from her local club following a policy change by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). Lily — whose name has been changed to protect her identity — had played at her local club for years, serving as captain, coaching junior teams […]
Former West Coast Eagles player Mitch Brown has shared that he feels “at peace” since publicly coming out as bisexual last year. Brown, who played in the Australian Football League (AFL) for a decade, made history in August when he became one of the first former players from the men’s competition to come out as […]
A MAGA social media commentator has drawn widespread ridicule after dramatically misrepresenting a scientific study, concluding, incorrectly, that headphones are “making men gay”. Ian Miles Cheong posted to X on 24 February, referencing Dutch research analysing potentially hazardous chemicals in 81 models of European headphones. The study, titled The Sound of Contamination: A Comprehensive Analysis […]