Category: New Zealand
G.A.Y Auckland is moving up in the world, swapping its basement nightclub for K Road’s legendary Las Vegas Strip Club, with two nights of celebrations and some fabulous drag royalty to welcome everyone to its new home. Auckland’s queer nightlife scene is getting a shake-up, with G.A.Y Auckland relocating to the iconic Las Vegas Strip […]
Opportunity Party leader Qiulae Wong tells YOURE EX’s Oliver Hall why transgender rights could become a coalition red line, where she believes politicians have overreached, and which rainbow issues her party still has work to do on. If Opportunity enters Parliament after November’s election, leader Qiulae Wong wants the freedom to work with either Labour […]
Dan and Phil finally hard-launched and are crash-landing in a city near you. In this unhinged and unafraid new era, join Dan and Phil live with their explosive new stage show for a much- needed night of outrageous oversharing, scream laughing, and celebrating that we’re all still here and we made it. This show is […]
Football trailblazer Jaiyah Saelua tells YOUR EX’s Oliver Hall what her fa’afafine upbringing can teach us about belonging in sport, and why the future of transgender athletes begins with the communities they call home The debate about transgender athletes has become one of the most contentious conversations in international sport. Questions about eligibility, competitive advantage […]
The former broadcaster tells YOUR EX’s Oliver Hall how takatāpui people helped shape the woman she became, what she wants Parliament to deliver for rainbow communities, and why she is telling voters not to give Te Pāti Māori their party vote Long before Oriini Kaipara entered Parliament, the people who helped teach her to stand […]
Get out the power suits, tease up the perms and prepare for a night of gloriously over-the-top nostalgia, Auckland Phil is taking Tāmaki Makaurau Back to the 80s For queer audiences, few decades delivered quite as much unapologetic fashion, pop spectacle and dancefloor drama as the 1980s, and this concert is bringing that energy to […]
Historian Gareth Watkins searches out significant moments in our history 5 October 1955 Theatre-maker Paul Jenden was born in Wellington. He wrote and directed his first play at the age of eight. After graduating from Victoria University in 1975, he began a theatrical career that took him to New York in 1980 and on tours […]
The founder and owner of Auckland’s iconic Wingate Club, Peter Graham, has died aged 94, leaving behind an extraordinary legacy as the man who created one of New Zealand’s most enduring spaces for gay and bisexual men. Peter Graham, the founder and owner of Auckland’s Wingate Club, died peacefully at home on 17 September 2026, […]