Category: Lifestyle
express’ Matt Fistonich meets Jaguar’s all-new F-PACE SUV and discovers sports car performance in a luxurious and stylish SUV. With all the bite you expect from a Jaguar, can he tame this beast or will it bring out his inner animal? It’s a stunning warm summer’s day in Auckland when I first lay my eyes […]
Bear. Twink. Daddy. Jock. Guy Next Door. The gay dating scene is loaded with labels but Dick Richards thinks categorising ourselves according to body-type and sexual preference is a dangerous and damaging stereotype. When it comes to labels, us gays know what’s hot and what’s not. Usually, you can trust a gay man to know […]
Historian Gareth Watkins explores significant March dates in Aotearoa’s queer past, to see what March has given us. 10 March 1953 Activist and counsellor Mani Bruce Mitchell was born in Mount Eden, Auckland. Identified (inaccurately) as hermaphrodite at birth, Mitchell was subjected to non-consensual normalising genital surgeries as a child, and sexual abuse – which […]
Just the two of you under the stars with some of the country’s most beautiful scenery, cleanest air and sunniest weather surrounding you. We have your post-Valentine’s travel plans sorted! One of the big lessons 2020 taught us is: don’t leave things on your bucket list too long. For over a decade I had wanted […]
Was one of your new year’s resolutions to meet new people? Or to lose a few kilos? What better way to do both than to join a local sports team! Checkout some of Wellington’s rainbow and inclusive sports clubs here. Richter City Roller Derby Established in 2007, Richter City Roller Derby (RCRD) is Wellington’s flat-track […]
Historian Gareth Watkins explores significant February dates from past, to see how the month of love and pride has shaped us. February 1817 Feminist and businesswoman Mary Taylor was born in Yorkshire, England. In her twenties she emigrated to New Zealand. Her life-long friend and possibly lover, Charlotte Bronte, wrote of Taylor’s departure “To me […]
Express sniffs out some of Aotearoa’s finest culinary gems and hospitality gossip. This month we check out what’s hot on Queenstown’s restaurant scene. Chicken Cooked by Beefcake If this image alone has made you hungry, wait till you try their food! Partner’s Darren Lovell (Fishbone restaurant) and Kareem Harvey (pictured) took a chance, opening Love […]
With our perpetually busy lives soaking up any spare time and energy, sometimes planning a holiday and booking activities can feel like the opposite of the break you were hoping for. But Queenstown’s luxury hotel, The Rees, has the solution – let them do it for you! Returning to The Rees feels like revisiting an […]