Category: New Zealand

After releasing the children’s book Promised Land earlier this year, Wellington-based authors Adam Reynolds and Chaz Harris received global media attention from BuzzFeed, Upworthy, Attitude, Teen Vogue and more. Today, they’ve released an eBook translation in Te Reo Māori. Whenua Taurangi (Promised Land) was translated with the help of Victoria University’s School of Languages & Cultures and a […]

RainbowYOUTH is on the hunt for a new Executive Director with Duncan Matthews leaving the organisation after four years. Current RainbowYOUTH Executive Director Duncan Matthews is set to depart later on in the year, after he works part-time alongside the new Executive Director for several months. Matthews says that he intends to stay involved with […]

Activist, performer, community worker and fashionista, Mika X (also know as Mika Haka), has been confirmed as The Opportunities Party candidate for the Auckland Central Electorate. Mika announced yesterday that he is standing in Auckland Central, and will go up against Nikki Kaye in September’s election. Having spent years on the front line, working and helping […]

Normally there are only five ‘reactions’ on Facebook besides the standard ‘Like’ — Heart, Haha, Wow, Sad, and Angry — but in honour of Pride month, Facebook’s rolling out a new one. The social media giant announced in a post on Saturday, “We believe in building a platform that supports all communities. So we’re celebrating love […]

Multi-platinum-selling artist, multiple Grammy Award winner and music icon, Lionel Richie, announced today he will tour New Zealand in October on the All the Hits Tour.  Paul Dainty, President and CEO of TEG-DAINTY, said in a statement, “Lionel Richie is one of music’s greatest icons with the greatest line up of hits, his live shows […]

Returning in 2017 after a hugely successful debut last year, the Pacific Dance Festival will launch an all new programme, running 15–24 June at Mangere Arts Centre in Auckland. Born out of the Pacific Dance Choreographic Laboratory (since 2009), the festival provides an opportunity for Pacific choreographers to create, develop, and perform original dance works […]

HIV transmission has reached a new record high of 244 cases in New Zealand in 2016. This follows a consistent upward trend that has been happening since 2011. Most of the cases 159 or 65% were amongst men who have sex with men with the majority 98 or 61.6% of these infections taking place within […]

The suggestion has been made to end the era of ‘male’ and ‘female’ uniforms in a bid to make all students feel comfortable and welcome, regardless of what gender they identify with, or their sexuality. According to the secondary teacher’s union, one in thirty pupils throughout school can identify with being part of the LGBT+ […]