Category: New Zealand
Auckland Pride have appointed a new festival coordinator less than one month after the 18 December community consultation. The role first became vacant with the departure of Julian Cook in early December and was at first filled by Joel Walsham, however after less than one month in the role, Auckland Pride have appointed a new […]
Auckland Council employees have been told they will not be participating in the February 9th March in any official capacity. Auckland Council employees have been told the Council will not be participating in next month’s Pride march which has replaced the traditional parade. Council employees are still able to participate but it must be in […]
The festival has confirmed the traditional Auckland Pride parade down Ponsonby road has been scrapped in favour of a ‘march’ Auckland Pride have confirmed February 9 as the date for their ‘new look march’ which will be replacing the traditional Auckland Pride Parade down Ponsonby road. The march will take place the day before the […]
The Auckland Rainbow Community Church’s Stewart Peter Lineham has been honoured for his services to religious history and the community. The 2019 New Year’s Honours List includes Peter Lineham for his services to religious history and the community. Lineham who recently retired from his position at Massey University after 40 years has written and lectured […]
Express talks to House of Drag winner Hugo Grrrl. Hugo, how does it feel to have won House of Drag? It’s so surreal! Going into it I never considered I’d be here. It’s been a very overwhelming but very wonderful few days. When you first met the other contestants, who did your gut tell you […]
Lexie Matheson talks to express about her nomination for Senior New Zealander of the Year and her take on Auckland Pride. It would be fair to say Lexie Matheson’s nomination as Senior New Zealander of Year couldn’t have come at a better time for the veteran Trans activist. Matheson, who last year resigned from the […]
Auckland Tourism, Events & Economic Development (ATEED) will not be funding Auckland Pride’s 2019 Parade/March as it fails to reach Auckland Pride’s agreed outcomes with the council authority. Speaking with express, Head of Major Events, Stuart Turner, confirmed that ATEED have declared there will be no ATEED council funding for the new format ‘grassroots-led’ Parade/March that […]
The Auckland Pride Board have announced the appointment of Joel Walsham into the newly created role of Festival Coordinator, with the aim of working alongside the community in putting together “a vibrant festival,” a reinvented Gala, and working towards a “grassroots-led Parade,” of a different “shape or form” compared to previous years. According to a press release from […]