Category: New Zealand
Auckland Pride Festival Incorporated has officially announced the appointment of Teokotai (Ta’i) Paitai as Festival Director and Everall Deans as Festival Coordinator. “We are very pleased to have people of Ta’i and Everall’s calibre on board for 2015 and we invite everyone to join us in welcoming them in their new roles.” Co-chair of the […]
Jim Marjoram’s Silent Gays is being launched tonight at 6pm at Marcellos cafe on College Hill. Jim Marjoram has made national headlines this week after emailing churches seeking support for his new book the ‘Silent Gays project’ when he received a hate filled email rant from Westcity Baptist church pastor Logan Robertson who then told Marjoram “I pray […]
The West Auckland pastor who emailed an author saying “I pray that you will commit suicide, you filthy child molesting fag.” has told Fairfax Media that he stands by his statements. Robertson told stuff.co.nz that he “didn’t want anything in the papers” but admitted he had read a couple of the outraged comments on the […]
Richard James has been announced as the new Auckland Pride Board Member. Richard James return to the Auckland Pride Board comes after the resignation of Lexie Matheson a fortnight ago. The Pride board released a press release today saying “The board thanks Lexie for her services to Pride and her work in directing the 2014 […]
The author of ‘Silent Gays’ Jim Marjoram has spoken to express after he received an email response from Westcity Baptist Church pastor Logan Robertson telling him “I pray that you will commit suicide, you filthy child molesting fag.” Author Jim Marjoram from the Silent Gays project, which is dedicated to ‘outlining the issues faced by GLBT people […]
A West Auckland pastor has told an author “I pray that you will commit suicide, you filthy child molesting fag.” The story has been doing the rounds on popular social media site Reddit and express was alerted to the email by a number of readers. Jim Marjoram was emailing churches seeking support for his new […]
Matthew Muir becomes New Zealand’s first openly gay high court judge. Matthew Muir was sworn by Chief Justice Sian Elias at a private ceremony in Auckland yesterday. Muir has degrees from the University of Auckland and the University of Virginia and has previously practiced commercial law in Auckland. In the swearing in, Chief Justice Elias […]
A new Auckland Pride festival director has been announced. Ta’i Paitai has been confirmed as the new director, taking over the position from Julian Cook., following Cook’s resignation just last month. The past few weeks have seen turbulent times for the Auckland Pride board, with Cook’s resignation and the departure last week of board member […]