Category: Lockdown

Renowned express social photographer Peter Jennings has taken some of our greatest scene pictures over the last few years. He tells us how he is coping with Level 4 and his top tips for surviving self-isolation. Tell us about your Level 4 Lockdown. I’m classed as an essential worker in the day job that I […]

Wolfgang Rieg is a player on the NZ Falcons gay and inclusive rugby club. He is spending Lockdown scrolling through the socials, eating for six, and “gagging to be a nuisance in Europe!” Tell us about your Level 4 Lockdown. Luckily my work’s not impacted by this Lockdown – so it’s business as usual, just […]

Express talks to members of our LGBTQ+ community to find out how they are doing in Level 4 Lockdown and hear their tips for maintaining mental health. Today we speak to COVID-19 Disability Response Lead at the Ministry of Health Rāwā Mahu Karetai Wood-Bodley. Tell us about your Level 4 Lockdown and what are you doing to […]

URGE Events co-founder Paul Heard is locked down in a small coastal town in the Coromandel. For the next week or so he will be kept busy with his greenhouse, taxes and organising a virtual underwear party! Tell us about your Level 4 Lockdown! I am in the little coastal town of Kaiaua (population 650). Living […]

Rainbow Auckland’s Treasurer Kate Waltman is locked down with her partner, Linda, flatmates, and pooches. Her mantra for surviving self-isolation is “progress equals happiness.” 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 check? I’m spending lockdown at home […]

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. Bowen Sheehan aka G.A.Y performer Feta Scheisse, ‘spreading their legs’ and partying again when we’re back to level one! Tell us about your Level 4 […]

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 Chief Executive of Mōhio Whakawhānau Frankie Karetai Wood-Bodley.  Tell us about your Level 4 Lockdown. Where are you, who’s in your […]

Christchurch-based Married At First Sight alumni Ray Wedlake shares his tips and tricks to surviving lockdown and he gets his hands busy with DIY and keeps his eyes off social media! “Everyone’s way of coping is different so try not to compare yourself to everyone else on Instagram!”  Tell us about your Level 4 Lockdown! […]