Category: New Zealand
“If you go down to the woods today, you’re sure of a big surprise If you go down in the woods today, you’d better go in disguise For every bear that ever there was will gather there for certain Because today’s the day the teddy bears have their picnic.” Except not so much a surprise, […]
OUTLineNZ and Malcolm Pacific Dinner Friday 23 September Vivace Restaurant, 50 High Street Photos: Maria Bumanglag Community organisation OUTLineNZ has partnered financially with Malcolm Pacific Immigration and celebrated with a dinner at Vivace. Trevor Easton, General Manager of OUTLineNZ, says “we are extremely excited about this partnership. David [Cooper, Director of Client Service at Malcolm […]
It is no secret to anyone that the LGBT+ community and religion have not seen eye-to-eye for quite a bit of time. However, New Zealand churches are progressing, being led by St Matthews-in-the-City, Ponsonby Baptist and All Saints Ponsonby – walking in Pride parades and affirming same-sex couples. Obviously, with such animosity between Christianity and […]
Some of you may have seen him polishing glasses at his decadent restaurant, Adam Arnold, on Ponsonby Road – all remnants of Lulu’s cafe have been painted over (and over and over again). His name is Tobias Ward, and he’s express’s newest monthly online columnist. He will be writing about all things hospitality-related – etiquette, food, drinks, […]
Led by the incomparable queer legend, Boy George, ’80s chart toppers Culture Club will be playing Christchurch’s Horncastle Arena on Friday 2 and Vector Arena, Auckland on Sunday 4 December 2016. Alongside flamboyant frontman, Boy George, comes Mikey Craig on bass guitar, Roy Hay on guitar and keyboards, Jon Moss playing drums and percussion. As the first multi-racial […]
Scout Barbour-Evans, takatāpui individual and student at Otago Polytechnic, is out to make Dunedin a better place to live. Although Scout could claim that being a student instantly qualifies them to be representative of a large proportion of Dunedin, ie the students (although attending Otago Polytechnic, Scout also works as a Queer Support intern for Otago […]
Image: Stockshare Bisexual Awareness Week is upon us again! From 19 to 26 September, join #BiWeek 2016 sponsors, the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) in celebrating bisexuality. Being aware and accepting of sexualities different from our own is something that the queer and wider community are still grappling with. Even from within our own […]
Out and proud gay MP Kevin Hague made his valedictory speech last night at Parliament. After serving the public for eight years as a politician, Hague is departing for greener pastures as the Chief Executive of Forest & Bird. A proponent for rainbow rights, Hague thanked fellow MPs Ruth Dyson and Louisa Wall for their […]