Category: New Zealand
Holly Dove meets the organiser trying to make the Auckland Asia Pacific Outgames happen. A dedicated team of regular Asia Pacific Outgames attendees have bid for Auckland to host the games in 2016. Organiser Damien Strogen says the games would be a chance for Auckland to share kiwi culture with the world as Wellington did […]
The NZAF put the call out earlier this year for participants to join them to run the Auckland Marathon held on November 2nd, meet the team below. Full Marathon Participants Nick Laing (pictured left) Nick is the General Manager at NZAF. He wants not only to challenge himself to do the full marathon, but also […]
Funding for the Auckland Pride Festival and Parade for 2015 and 2016 has been confirmed by ATEED as part of its Major Events Portfolio. One of 47 applicants to apply, The Auckland Pride Festival and Parade has secured funding for the next two years, a move that has current co-chair Megan Cunningham-Adams excited. “It speaks […]
APFI (Auckland Pride Festival Inc) is pleased to announce the appointment of its new board members. Auckland Pride Festival Incorporated congratulates and welcomes its new Board members onto the team. “We are thrilled to have attracted applicants of such a high professional calibre and proven community experience,” says Megan Cunningham-Adams, current Board Co-Chair. “There is […]
APFI (Auckland Pride Festival Incorporated) has announced the dates for next year’s Auckland Pride Festival 2015. The popularity of the Auckland Pride Festival has grown to include another week! Lucky visitors to the festival can be assured that all parts of the rainbow community are included in this near on one month celebration. Key events on […]
Did you know that over 1 in 5 people living in Auckland are of Asian ethnicity? Despite this, Asian peoples often lack visibility and representation in LGBTIQ services and community groups. Seeking to fill this gap, EquAsian is a new social-support group for LGBTIQ people of all ages who descend from all parts of the […]
The games take over Glasgow from 23 July – 3 August with most of the competing countries still punishing homosexuality. 42 of the 53 countries that are participating in the Glasgow Commonwealth Games still criminalise homosexuality. All eight Asian countries attending the Scotland Games discriminate, with penalties for same sex intercourse ranging from 20 years […]
Three months after a well publicised name-change owner operator Wayne Clark returned Ponsonby Road’s Poof bar back to it’s original title, following community support. The announcement came in late April that owner Wayne Clark was changing the name of his recently opened boutique bar from Poof to POP on Ponsonby following pressure from the general public. […]