Category: New Zealand
On Tuesday 12 August the express team headed to the National party’s head quarters in Greenlane to meet and photograph Prime Minister John Key. He talked to Oliver Hall about his time in power and what he will do for our community if he stays on top. This is the third occasion I have interviewed John […]
express has been sent a letter that frankly shocked us. It was a letter sent in from Philip Patston who has a bone to pick with the electoral commission. Philip describes himself as: “When labels are called for, I identify as gay, disabled, white and male. I live and work in beautiful Westmere, Auckland. On September 5th Mr Patston […]
GenderNeutral.co.nz are excited to announce the launch of their new website, GenderNeutral.co.nz. GenderNeutral.co.nz is a little business, based in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, that came about after the founders, Stace and Duncan, saw a need in our community to have an easy way to make bathrooms accessible for everyone. The need for gender neutral, accessible bathrooms […]
Thursday night saw the official Outgames signing ceremony where Auckland City commits to the biggest GLBT sporting event this city has ever seen. The ceremony was kicked off by paying tribute to the recent achievements of the NZ Falcons Rugby team at last weekend’s Bingham Cup tournament. Their win saw them take top spot in the Bingham […]
Auckland waiter Rupert Bear posted an endearing photo of himself holding a sign asking Facebook to help him find a mystery man that had visited his Vulcan Lane workplace. In a post captioned “Well here goes nothing… Help me out guys?” Rupert Bear, waiter at Auckland pizzeria Il Buco, posted a photo of himself holding a poster that reads “Im Rupert I work at […]
Bar Manager Steven Mawhinney beaten by two men in Wellington. On Friday 22 August, Mawhinney was physically assaulted by two men who had arrived seemingly unaware it was a gay bar. “Once they realised they took great offence and left screaming homophobic slurs,” Mawhinney said.They returned abusing customers from outside the bar, before attempting to […]
Simpson Grierson is the first organisation in New Zealand to meet the standard required to be awarded the Rainbow Tick. A Rainbow Tick recognises that a workplace understands, values, and welcomes sexual and gender diversity. They are awarded to organisations that complete a diversity and inclusion certification process. Simpson Grierson Chairman Kevin Jaffe says: “Diversity […]
Grady Elliott, the owner of gay bar Legend on Karangahape Road, says he has had to close the bar due to earthquake strengthening work that is being done by the building owner. Work has already started. A new apartment building is also to go up at the back of the existing building. The new space […]