Category: Lifestyle

Steven Oates goes ‘behind the seams’ with the designer who creates Aotearoa’s most iconic drag outfits, Jenn Jones. If Auckland’s Drag Scene had a Fairy Godmother, it would be Jenn Jones. For over two decades Jenn has been stitching, bedazzling and glueing gowns for many of our most recognisable Drag Royalty. Her love of all […]

It may have been a month since the Northern Hemisphere’s official Pride month ended, but Pride can (and should) still be celebrated year-round. For half (50%) of Kiwi LQBTIQ+ travellers, being part of the rainbow community impacts the decisions we make when travelling, with 44% of us feeling that the destinations on our ‘bucket lists’ […]

From a tourist town that has never looked so serene (Lake Tekapo) to meeting the queer community in the South Island’s most eclectic town (Ōamaru) – there’s nothing like a Kiwi roadie! Pre-covid there were times we passed through Lake Tekapo and it looked as busy as Queenstown, attracting tourists with its Instagram-able Church of […]

Thanks to the government’s Clean Car Discount, buyers of New Zealand’s most fuel-efficient mainstream automotive brand – Suzuki – are now eligible for up to $3,160 cashback on a new Suzuki car or SUV! To help you pick your new ride, here are express’ top picks from the Clean Car Discount range. Boasting the lowest […]

Hot off the heels of another successful car sales awards night, MINI’s top salesperson Dan Smith from Auckland MINI Garage, takes us over what makes the MINI EV one of the best EVs on the market, and the fabulous savings that are available with the Government’s Clean Car Discount. Unlike other EVs on the market […]

Last month, the New Zealand AIDS Foundation (NZAF) rebranded as the Burnett Foundation Aotearoa, and along with a new name comes new Executive Director Joe Rich, a stalwart of the organisation for the past 11 years. He talks to express about Monkeypox, PrEP, and more.  How concerned should express readers be about the recent outbreak […]

Michael Gullery tells Steven Oates how a downtown apartment became a hub for social/political change and a multi-generational queer commune in 90s Auckland. Khartoum Place is a small tranquil square connecting Lorne and Kitchener Streets.  Although best known for its memorial and waterfall dedicated to New Zealand’s Women’s Suffrage movement, throughout the early 1990s the area […]

Beatle Treadwell is the Associate Director of Midwifery – Māori Health and Equity for Auckland District Health Board (ADHB). She tells Oliver Hall about her 30-year career, being a frontline worker during the pandemic and coming out at work in the 90s. Beatle Treadwell began her three-year training to become a midwife in 1992. Unsurprisingly […]