Category: Lifestyle

Dec 29
Rotorua: The Ultimate Spa Weekend

One hungover day, Oliver Hall heads south for some Rotorua relaxation and finds that our geothermal wonderland truly offers the ultimate spa weekend to restore your soul.  It’s the morning after URGE’s 26th Birthday Party, and I’m feeling a little worse for wear. Unlike others who are facing the prospect of returning to work with […]

Dec 19
PornHub’s Annual Report Uncovers Surprising Trends of 2023

PornHub’s 10th Year in Review report has just been released, offering intriguing insights into global porn-watching trends. The 2023 report highlights the rising popularity of specific genres and preferences among different demographics. The report reveals that “mature” and “MILF” categories continue to dominate global preferences alongside technology-driven fantasies such as “AI robot” porn. However, one […]

Dec 10
The Rees Hotel: Setting The Benchmark For NZ Hospitality

Roman Lee-Lo is the manager of the Queenstown luxury hotel, The Rees. He talks to YOUR ex about Queenstown’s post-pandemic comeback, welcoming Winter Pride guests, and setting the benchmark in NZ hospitality. How well do you feel Queenstown has bounced back from the impacts of the pandemic? From a macro perspective, Queenstown is well and […]

Nov 29
Single Life: Weird Dates Help You Realise Your Red Flags

Do you know what your red flags are? Dick Richards remembers back to some of his worst dates and how they helped him realise what he did and didn’t want. I was hanging out with a friend last week, and she was telling me her dating woes. It took me back to some awkward times […]

Nov 22
Are You Fresh Meat On The Dating Apps?

Jessie Lewthwaite has dating app recommendations for those lucky enough to be ‘new in town.’ I’m lying on my couch, phone in hand, gin in the other, scrolling lazily through a dating app. I have my video game paused in the background as I actually take time to read girls’ profiles, being only one gin-deep.  […]

Nov 08
Queer History: Novembers To Remember

Historian Gareth Watkins highlights November dates that have had significant impacts on Aotearoa New Zealand’s rainbow communities. 22 November 1973 Rev. Wilfred Ford, President of the Homosexual Law Reform Society, and Professor Jim Robb met with Prime Minister Norman Kirk to advocate for homosexual law reform. The Society had formed six years earlier and had […]

Nov 07
Get Your Drugs Checked Before You Party!

A group of powerful synthetic opioids that were first detected in the country just a year ago may have already been linked to several deaths. A notification released by High Alert late Friday is just the latest in a series of warnings about nitazenes, a family of synthetic opioids that can be more potent than fentanyl. […]

Oct 20
Lesbian In The Wild | Kill Off The Body Count

So the first date went well, and you’re thinking of going on a second, but there’s one niggling question on your mind. ‘How many people have they been with?’ Jessie Lewthwaite delves into why we really want to know.  Gin-soaked months of dating apps in Auckland’s limited girl-for-girl scene somehow paid off for me. I’ve […]