Category: Lockdown
With Auckland now approaching its 10th week of lockdown, Kiwi internet provider Orcon is offering free broadband for small businesses for 6-months. Orcon, which are part of Vocus Group, says the offer has no data caps, or contracts and hope that the free broadband will help struggling small businesses reduce their fixed outgoings, at a […]
Aucklander David Stock wrote It Will Be Okay for his mother when she was going through a difficult time. “I wanted to give her a message of hope like she gave me when I was coming out,” he says and shares his work with us below. “It will be okay” That’s what you said when […]
As part of series of Lockdown interviews, express talks to notable community members about their Level 3 experience. Today we talk to Rainbow Auckland President Elena Kim who’s in a bubble where animals outnumber humans. Tell us about your Level 3 Lockdown – where are you and who is in your bubble? I am in Tāmaki […]
On Auckland’s last night at Level 4 Express checks in with another notable member of our LGBTQ+ community, performance artist and business owner Bianca Hartley, to hear her tips for maintaining mental health in self-isolation. How was your Level 4 Lockdown – where were you, who was in your bubble, and what did you do […]
With Auckland facing another week of Lockdown, express talks to queer community members about how they keep a level head in these trying times. Today, concert pianist Flavio Villani. Tell us about your Level 4 Lockdown – where are you? Who’s in your bubble? And what are you doing to keep your mental health in […]
Not all lockdowns are equal! Ben Payne is isolating at his parent’s farm in Geraldine on the South Island. He is missing the mountains, the gym, and conversations outside of his bubble! Tell us about your Level 4 Lockdown – where are you and who is in your bubble? It’s a gloomy grey day on […]
Express talks to notable members of our LGBTQ+ community to find out how they are doing in Level 4 Lockdown and hear their tips for maintaining mental health in self-isolation. Today we chat with the founding Director of Cartier Bereavement Trust Karen Ritchie. Tell us about your Level 4 Lockdown – where are you and […]
Māori TV host the Birdman, Luke Bird is missing sex, laughter, espresso martinis and being irritatingly loud in restaurants! Here the entertainer shares his Lockdown experience with us! Tell us about your Level 4 Lockdown! You know when you come across a little sparrow bird and as soon you get close they flap as fast […]