Category: New Zealand
Ahead of the Royal New Zealand Ballet’s performance of Three by Ekman, express contributor Ashna Sholehpak, managed to pull aside 25-year-old Shaun James, RNZB dancer, and get the low-down on what he enjoys about being with the company, what excites him about performing Ekman’s pieces, and all about his life of dance, travel, passion and the value […]
The New Zealand National (NZNBF Version) Light Heavyweight title has been won by Brazilian-born Geovana Peres. Peres is breaking multiple barriers, being both the first LGBT+ person and first Brazilian to win a NZ Professional Boxing Title. After eight rounds fighting Nailini Helu, and a unanimous decision from all three judges, she defeated Helu, scoring […]
Nominations open for Rainbow Wellington Board Nominations for the Rainbow Wellington Board are now open ahead of their AGM (Annual General Meeting) in May. The non-profit organisation, previously operating under the name GAP, organises social activities in the Greater Wellington region and represents the Human Rights interests of queer and gender diverse people. Rainbow Wellington […]
Image: Hagen Hopkins Last month, we wrote about ex-Labour MP and former Carterton mayor Georgina Beyer’s scheduled kidney transplant, which was supposed to take place in late March. However, the surgery was postponed at the last minute, a scenario that left her “devastated” as she had built herself up it, and “suddenly, it was whipped away”. But earlier […]
Jay Bennie announced on 10 April that the GayNZ.com website will switch off at the end of May, after 16 years, citing “the operation we have built and sustained, with a few changes on the way, may not be the best one for the future.” The Gay Guide has also ceased publication. Jay and Neil, […]
All Black team member Lima Sopoaga is facing a formal employment process after he made what has been considered as a ‘homophobic comment’ on Instagram. This has occurred just ten months after the New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRU) announced its launch of a diversity initiative in an attempt to eliminate discrimination both on and off […]
express interviewed Alex Taylor, a leading young composer who’s championing anarchic and vibrant opera for a younger generation. Performing in the upcoming show of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, we found out everything from what it has been like re-working the music, how the audience will react to the performance, and who came up with the costumes! What has […]
John Thorp, a transgender writer and research scientist has been named the victim of the train accident that occurred near Morrinsville on March 23rd. The NZ Herald reported that the 90-year-old man was travelling to Thames from the Waikato Hospital when his car collided with an on-coming train. His wife, Hazel, was also in the […]