Category: New Zealand
The Royal New Zealand Ballet presents their 2nd 2017’s production Three By Ekman, which consisted of 3 very different, well-choreographed pieces by Swedish Choreographer, Alexander Ekman. It is a very contemporary, New York-style exhilarating piece, which is an improvised version of many different dance forms. The whole 1 hour and 45 minute show included a […]
The Board of the Auckland Pride Festival and Parade is seeking new members for 2018 and beyond. This year’s Auckland Pride Festival has been widely recognised as a success, with a visible increase in participation and engagement. The two-week programme was the biggest to date, featuring 85 different events and culminating in a massively popular […]
Exposed Theatre is back at Basement Theatre soon and it’s back with a mighty punchy sex-fuelled drama from award-winning playwright Nathan Joe. Joe’s Like Sex is a modern take on a 1900’s play that looked at sexual practices and relationships, but Nathan sets his in an Auckland high school. Written by Nathan Joe, and directed […]
Recently, well-known community volunteer, Michael Bancroft, has ended a ten year guardianship of the New Zealand AIDS Memorial Quilts and is retiring from almost 30 years of formal involvement with numerous HIV and AIDS support groups. In 2012, Michael, on behalf of the New Zealand Quilt Project (NZQP), was instrumental in handing over the greater part […]
Weddings for Australians in same-sex relationships have officially overtaken local gay marriages within New Zealand, with 58 per cent of them coming from over the ditch. With Australia failing to keep up with the times and adopt same-sex marriage, over 270 couples have undertaken the three hour flight to come to New Zealand and wed […]
Body Positive is extending their Peer Navigation Programme to provide local support to people living with HIV throughout New Zealand No one understands the reality of living with HIV better than someone who experiences it every day. Peer Navigators – specially trained members of the community who are living with HIV – support others who […]
Parallel Events + Styling, the team behind last year’s Let’s Get Proud party held during USCA’s (University of Canterbury Students Association) Sexuality Awareness Week, are bringing a one-night-only masked party to Auckland. Galatos is being taken over and transformed into a edgy, promiscuous dance floor with the creative team promising it will be their biggest dance party yet. […]
The sharpest and most exciting men’s event of the year is returning to Auckland in May 2017, hot on the heels of its successful debut appearance in May 2016. BarberCraft is a fun and dynamic celebration of everything a man needs to keep his image sharp; with barber demonstrations and an exhibition featuring a great […]