Category: New Zealand
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 […]
He’s back again with a new music video to go along with the re-release of his single, ‘Love Me a Man’. Along with the catchy chorus (which you hear almost constantly), psychedelic sequences and scenes of Mika looking his ever-fabulous self permeate this video. If you’re feeling a little blue today at work, this will […]
Dolutegravir (Tivicay), an anti-retroviral drug for HIV, has just been approved for funding by Pharmac. In this case, it means that the drug will be fully-funded in public hospitals and the community, so long as specialist-approval is given. Tivicay is an integrase strand transfer inhibitor (INSTI), which basically means that it stops HIV from replicating (and […]
If you’re aged between 13 and 19 and feeling the creativity bug bite, then enter InsideOUT’s multimedia art competition. There are three categories for you to unleash your ideas on: film, writing and art. You can even enter all categories, and multiple times (though InsideOUT would prefer if you entered a maximum of three times […]
With a sad heart, we here at express are breaking the news that Shanghai Lil’s is to close its doors today (Monday 10 October). The bar next door, The Whiskey, will be taking over the premises and owner Khushru Umrigar will announce his plans for this space shortly. All is not lost however, with Shanghai Lil’s reopening next year […]
For the second time, RainbowYOUTH, along with ASB, are offering tertiary students a shot at their $2,500 scholarship. Applicants need to be enrolled or intending on enrolling in full-time study at a tertiary institution, and also have volunteered within the LGBT+ community. This scholarship is to help promote the helping of the rainbow community by […]
2015’s winner, Carissa Sinclair, accepting her prize Entries are now open for the Wallace Foundation Short Fiction Contest. First awarded in 2016, it replaces a previous contest, begun in 2014, by express. This year, there is a focus on specifically encouraging youth to enter. Andrew Rumbles, the contest administrator, explains, “with the support of The […]