Category: New Zealand
Historian Gareth Watkins highlights October dates as significant for our queer communities. 6 October 1874 This year marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of poet and social worker Ursula Bethell. While she was born in England, Bethell’s parents had previously lived in New Zealand, and by the early 1880s, the family had returned here […]
Lateshift owner/operator Craig Oakley chats to YOUR ex about managing his business through changing times and 35 years of providing a successful community service. Tell us a bit about your background before you became involved in Lateshift. After graduating from Victoria University, I moved to Auckland in 1985. I ran the suit department with Harry […]
The 2024 New Zealand Rainbow Excellence Awards celebrated a competitive array of the country’s top organisations committed to promoting rainbow diversity and inclusion. Held on 3 October in Auckland, the 6th annual awards ceremony saw Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa, Massey University, clinch the prestigious Partners Life Supreme Award and the Simpson Grierson Impact Award. Booking.com […]
Brian Tamaki, the self-proclaimed Apostle Bishop and head of Destiny Church, is back at it again, attributing a recent earthquake in Wellington to the city’s “Filthy” behaviour. In a recent post on X, Tamaki shared an image of a news report covering the quake, accompanied by the caption, “A Warning Wellington… CLEAN UP YOUR FILTHY […]
Commander Yvonne Gray’s swift decision-making has been credited with saving 75 lives when the navy ship she commanded, HMNZS Manawanui, was lost off the coast of Samoa on Saturday. Gray, originally from Harrogate in the UK, has been in charge of the Manawanui since 2022, and her call to abandon ship came roughly an hour […]
Data from 2023 Census highlights nearly 5% of New Zealanders Identify as LGBTIQ+ among a bevy of interesting facts. The first official statistics on gender and sexual identity in New Zealand have been released, showing that 4.9% of the population identifies as part of the LGBTIQ+ community, with bisexual individuals making up the largest proportion. […]
Check out the sexiest, funniest and best pictures from Queenstown’s Winter Pride 2024 Festival. 2024 was the first year of operation for new Winter Pride owners Sam and Odette. They tell YOUR ex, “Now that the dust has settled, we’re incredibly proud of what we achieved with Winter Pride this year. It was a challenging […]
Craig Young examines Family First’s anti-diversity, equity and inclusion campaign. Some weeks ago, I did an article on Family First’s highlighting of equal employment opportunities and segment advertising to LGBTQI+ communities, recognition of Te Ao Maori, climate change and other far-right thought crimes. My assessment was that the “Woke Up” website wouldn’t arouse particularly much […]