Category: New Zealand
Auckland Pride Parade Pride returns to Ponsonby Road on Saturday 20 February with a new twist – a change in direction. 2016’s parade will be going from Three Lamps, making its way to the end point in Western Park. Parade organisers say that heading North to South gives float participants a designated place to gather […]
Pro GLBT politician Phil Goff has announced he will be standing for the Auckland Mayoralty. The MP for Mt Roskill announced his candidacy to a room of around 200 supporters at the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron in Westhaven Marina Goff voted in favour of Fran Wilde’s homosexual law reform bill in 1986, the Human Rights Act […]
Body Positive’s chairperson and board have been rolled at a closed Special General Meeting (SGM) in Auckland. The SGM was triggered when a group of the organisation’s members signed a petition asking for the resignation of board chairperson Ashley Barratt. With no resignation forthcoming, the petitioners triggered the SGM which removed Barratt and his board […]
The NZAF say they are hopeful HIV home testing will become available in New Zealand in the near future, but do not have a set date for when that might be. Speaking to express, NZAF executive director Shaun Robinson says he supports the introduction of HIV home testing kits. “Home testing will be a good […]
The statement has been released just days prior to the organisation’s Special General Meeting to vote on a motion asking for Ashley Barratt’s removal as chairperson. The letter released by the board in an email states that “the Ministry of Health is pleased with the strategic direction that the organisation is taking as this has potential […]
The GABA charitable trust has raised just over $31,000 at its 2015 auction. 73 items went on auction along with a number of silent auction items. The event was hosted by Olympic speed skater Blake Skjellerup, with Michelle Maitland returning once again as auctioneer. Among the numerous items being auctioned were a five night getaway in Vanuatu, […]
ANZ’s ‘GayTMs’ will return to Auckland and Wellington in 2016. ANZ’s Chief Financial Officer Antonia Watson announced the news saying “you heard it here first” at GABA’s annual charitable auction. Bank fees collected from non ANZ customers who use the GayTMs will be donated to GLBT support organisation Outline. The machines will return to downtown […]
A brand new pride festival for Wellington has been unveiled. Wellington Pride Festival | Tū whakahīhī e Te Whanganui-a-Tara will take place 5-13 March 2016. The traditional parade and Out in the Park Fair will take place on March 12, with the parade being held for the first time along the capital’s waterfront, which will then […]