Category: New Zealand
After performing at Womad last year, Rufus Wainwright is coming back to New Zealand to perform at Auckland Arts Festival. His concert will be in two parts: the first being his opera, Prima Donna: A Symphonic Visual Concert; and the second, recreating Judy Garland’s concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City. For the opera, singer Cindy […]
On 21 October, a petition campaigning for trans gender and intersex rights was passed on to Jan Logie, Green Party MP. The petition itself reads: “We call on the Minister of Internal Affairs to enable adults with intersex conditions and trans and other gender diverse adults to change the sex details on any official documentation […]
Founded by Joe Rich and Jordan Eskra, Theta Project aims to bring more LGBT+-focussed parties to Auckland. They are bringing back their Propaganda party, with more bells and whistles than you can count. This year, it will be held at twentyone bar inside SKYCITY, with the layout including two chill-out zones, a smoking deck and […]
Honorary life memberships are being awarded to Jane Bruning, Nigel Dickson, Bruce Kilmister, Anna Reed and Geoff Rua’ine for their services and contributions to those affected by HIV and AIDS. These are given out by the Trust Board of the New Zealand AIDS Foundation (NZAF) and is the highest form of recognition that is bestowed. […]
World AIDS Day is 1 December, and the New Zealand AIDS Foundation (NZAF) is running their annual street collection. They are doing collections on two days this year: Friday 25 November in Hamilton, Wellington and Christchurch; and Thursday 1 December in Auckland. The day will be split into two: a morning shift from 7 am […]
Long-time designer of express, Amy Jane Todd, is handing over the rhinstone-encrusted reigns to Zakk d’Larté. Zakk will take over in November, with December being his first issue. Zakk has had almost five years of experience working in both digital and print, and it’s his flair for elegance that has express excited. In addition to this, his portfolio of […]
Tamati Coffey has been in the New Zealand spotlight for a while now: first as a presenter on What Now?, winning Dancing with the Stars, weatherman for Breakfast, before leaving the land of Aucks to set up a bar with his husband in Rotorua. On Friday, Coffey was named as the Labour Party’s candidate for the Waiariki […]
Earlier this month, New Zealand AIDS Foundation (NZAF) announced they were holding a weekly support group for elderly men with HIV. The ten week programme is almost halfway through, so we went to have a chat about how it’s going. The group was initially started by existing NZAF clients who expressed an interest in having […]