Category: New Zealand
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 […]
The Regent Theatre in Dunedin has recently installed signs on two of its unisex-accessible toilets, but they aren’t quite what you would have imagined… The new sign shows four figures – a female, male, gender non-specific, and someone with a disability – across the top, and then a new addition of a green alien lying below […]
Following on from our previous article, 37 year-old Mikio Filitonga has been found guilty of infecting his boyfriend with HIV. He was on trial at Auckland District Court earlier in the month on charges of causing grievous bodily harm with reckless disregard and committing a criminal nuisance by doing an unlawful act. The Crown stated […]
A Hastings man who was accused a while ago for using Grindr to send messages to another person, convincing them to meet with underage boys and use them for sex, can finally be named. 24 year-old Michael John Kight, appeared in the Wellington District Court for a number of charges against him, including convincing a […]
There’s no question that Adele’s New Zealand debut was a special event. It’s not every day that more than 45,000 Kiwis rush to Auckland’s Mt Smart Stadium on a Thursday night. But then again, last night was anything but ordinary, as multi-Grammy-award winner Adele made sure that we were treated to a show that, while staged in […]
Wellington Pride threw their first youth ball on March 18, which saw around 200 youths attend, ready to dance their rainbow socks off! Youth leader, Bella Simpson, organised the event and said people had come from as far as Otaki and the Wairarapa to attend the event. The theme of the ball was ‘Fantasy Forest’ […]