Category: New Zealand
More details have emerged on the killing on Ihaia Gillman Harris as friends and family members of the two accused take to social media to defend the pair. Leonard Nattrass-Berquist and Beauen Wallace-Loretz, both 17, appeared in Auckland District Court yesterday morning and we remanded in custody until next month when they are due to […]
After an eight year legal battle, Richelle Menzies and Rhonda Bruce have won a judgment against a local councillor in Queensland who invited his small town to share his contempt for gay people. The Guardian Australia reports that a state legal tribunal on Tuesday found Ron Owen broke state anti-discrimination laws by expressing his contempt towards homosexuals in […]
The 2016 Asia Pacific Outgames Board is looking for two new members. The Board, established three months ago, is working well and achieving lots, and it’s now time to broaden the skill set with the addition of two new Board members. They will join other Board members Phylesha Brown-Acton, Prue Kapua, Martin King and Kerry […]
A new one year stand down period for sexually active gay and bisexual men has now come into effect in New Zealand and means men who haven’t anal or oral sex with another man in a year can now donate blood. Previously, there was a five year probationary period. Dr Peter Saxton from the Gay Men’s […]
In the second-half of his two-part interview Body Positive’s new CEO Mark Fisher talks about his work with different HIV organisations, his inspirations and calling New Zealand ‘home’. Can you expand a little more on the work you did with HIV charities in Canada? In Ontario there are 73 Organizations working with HIV with 40 […]
In the first of a two-part interview, Body Positive’s new CEO Mark Fisher talks to express about his career, what brought him to New Zealand and what he hopes to achieve in his new role. So you are an Australian who spent most of his adult life living in Canada who now lives in NZ! […]
In the second half of our two of our chat with Justice Matthew Muir, he tells Oliver Hall about his upbringing, his partner and the work that has inspired him most. Please tell me a bit about your background: where did you grow up? I grew up on a farm at Te Kohanga, a small […]
Chosen for the role of Festival Director by the Auckland Pride Board for his connections with arts and Pacific Island communities and experience in event administration and project management, Ta’i Paitai is now in the deep end. He talks to Oliver Hall about his hopes for the festival and representing our changing community. Auckland Pride’s […]