Category: New Zealand

Auckland Pride Festival have announced they are seeking applictions for a new Festival Director. They are looking for someone who has extensive experience in event management and festival programming to carry on the work of current director Julian Cook who resigned Friday and leaves the role at the end of November.   The 2015 Auckland […]

Auckland Pride Executive Officer Linda Heavey has told express: “It is with regret that the board has accepted the resignation of Julian Cook as he wishes to leave to pursue other interests.   The board is very grateful for the work Julian has put in creating such a successful festival.  His talent and creativity will be missed. […]

After a weekend filled with circulating rumours, Julian Cook has confirmed to express that he has stepped down as Festival Director of Auckland Pride. Cook told express he had no comment on why he was stepping down just three months before the 2015 Festival, but assured us, he was “absolutely,” proud of his achievements with the festival […]

  Jane Bruning, National Coordinator of Positive Women Inc., the national support organisation for women and families living with HIV and AIDS, has been invited to present at a Health Select Committee meeting on the availability and subsidising of female condoms in New Zealand. MP’s will consider the petition made by Positive Women Inc. calling […]

After a successful first year, Legacy Project is back and wants to help tell the stories of the LGBT community. Legacy Project is set to return for 2015 Pride and Auckland Fringe.Six brand new works will be performed in a week-long showcase at the Q Theatre LOFT in early February 2015 and Legacy project is […]

The NZAF in conjunction with Positive Women launched their new campaign ‘More Than HIV’ for World AIDS Day (WAD). The theme of WAD 2014 is HIV stigma, highlighting the different ways in which it exists and how that can affect the people who experience it. The NZAF’s More Than HIV Campaign was launched in conjunction […]

Love Your Condom (LYC), New Zealand AIDS Foundation’s HIV prevention programme, has launched a stunning new advertising campaign in express magazine and on billboards. The theme Gear Up is sexy and masculine while keeping LYC’s cheeky personality. It will feature eye-catching billboards, bus stop ads, online and mobile banners, street posters and ambient media in […]

Justice Minister Amy Adams says she is open to resuming talks on the subject of having the criminal records of those convicted of historical homosexual acts wiped.  While those who were convicted before the 1986 Homosexual Law Reform Act was passed do not need to declare their convictions because of the Clean Slate Act, GLBT activists say […]