Category: New Zealand
Former Auckland Pride Board member James Bennett has pleaded guilty to tax fraud in relation to the running of his business Rainbow Pages. Former Rainbow Business director James Bennett has admitted to 10 tax fraud chargers stuff.co.nz reports. Rainbow Pages NZ Limited, which Bennett set up in September 2016, provided marketing for gay and lesbian […]
The rescheduled Wellington Pride parade took place yesterday with police and defence force personal both taking part. Wellington’s LGBTI community celebrated its pride yesterday afternoon, with over 30 organisations taking part, including a large LGBTI police presence. The event was initially scheduled to be held on Saturday, March 16, with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern attending, […]
Correspondence between Auckland Pride and the Police has been released under the Official Information Act. stuff.co.nz has obtained emails which reveal the extent of police’s disappointment at Auckland Pride’s decision to not allow uniformed police from participating in the 2019 parade, which was later cancelled. Stuff details that inspector Tracey Philips voiced her opposition […]
Even Mike Hosking is calling for him to be sacked. Israel Folau is fighting to stop his contract with Rugby Australia (RA) being torn up following a homophobic post made last month that resulted in RA saying they indented to let the star fullback go after issuing Folau with a ‘high-level’ breach notice. Folau appeared […]
The Ratana Minister and known figure in Auckland’s LGBT community has pleaded guilty to nine counts of sex offending against young boys. Shocking details are now emerging about Daniel Nehemia’s decades of offending as he awaits sentencing for child sex abuse. Daniel Brass Raharaha Nehemia’s trial began in late March and was expected to run […]
Gareth Watkins looks back at the events that shaped our rainbow community. 6 May 1933 Members of the nationalist German Student Union ransacked the library of Magnus Hirschfeld’s Institute for Sexual Research in Berlin. The library contained thousands of books, documents and images on sexuality and gender. The contents were publicly burnt a few days […]
The All Black and Chiefs prop wore the rainbow laces as a response to Israel Folau’s recent homophobic outburst. All Blacks and Chiefs prop Angus Ta’avao wore rainbow laces on his boots during his team’s 23-17 loss to the Lions in Hamilton last night. The laces were a show of support for the LGBT community […]
“I just want to go in there with open arms, an open mind and an open heart and do what’s best for our community,” she says of up and coming meetings between Auckland Pride and the recently established Rainbow Pride Auckland group. “Our new Director of Pride role is a fantastic opportunity for the queer […]