Category: New Zealand
An increasing number of queer and gender diverse people who fear for their safety in their home country are finding refuge in New Zealand, as the number of those granted refugee status rises. At least 40 queer and gender diverse people have been granted refugee status in New Zealand according to Radio New Zealand, with […]
The Queenstown Rotary Club has elected a new transgender president. National news was made in May 2016 when Monica Mulholland was nominated as the Rotary Club’s president-elect, just two months after she came out as a woman. Queenstown’s Mountain Scene paper reported that on Tuesday 27 June when the changeover took place, she thanked her […]
express recently came away victorious at the 2016 New Zealand Community Newspaper Association Awards, receiving one win and three runner-up placings. This was the first year express entered to compete against other publications. The awards ceremony was held at the Chateau on the Park in Christchurch, Friday 16 June and celebrated the best of what […]
Diverse Voices and Increased Involvement Promoted at Auckland Pride Community Hui Auckland Pride stepped up this year and delivered a wide range of experiences for our diverse communities. Survey feedback has been very positive, and it’s now time to engage even more effectively with Auckland’s LGBT+ communities through their annual series of Auckland Pride Community […]
New Zealand’s very own and well respected award winning screenwriter, poetess, and story writer, Briar Grace-Smith’s play, When Sun and Moon Collide opened last night to her Auckland audience at the ASB Waterfront Theatre. The highly excitable audience, from teen-age years to the ones who have enriched their artistic skills over the decades, were all […]
Grey Lynn author, Julie Helean, has just been awarded a gold medal for best work of fiction from the Australia/New Zealand region in the IPPY Awards for her novel We the Ones. The “IPPY” Awards, launched in 1996, are designed to bring recognition to the most deserving, but often unsung titles published by independent authors […]
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 […]