Category: New Zealand
Prepare yourself for a dose of 90s nostalgia with the return of the Vengaboys as part of the 90’s Mania Tour in January 2025! The iconic Eurodance group will be joined by fellow 90s acts Livin’ Joy, Alex Party, and DJ SASH!, set to whisk audiences back to the unforgettable era of booming beats and […]
A fresh, punk-rock docuseries is gearing up to launch just in time for Transgender Awareness Week. The Gender Agenda, an audacious exploration of gender identities in Aotearoa, aims to pull back the curtain on complex gender issues, offering insight and authenticity for New Zealand youth navigating their own gender journeys. Co-created and presented by non-binary […]
The Rainbow New Zealand Charitable Trust is excited to announce our annual fundraising campaign is right around the corner! This peer-to-peer funding platform is more important than ever. GiveOUT Day brings together Aotearoa’s Rainbow charities under one funding umbrella and allows your donation to be DOUBLED thanks to a pool of ‘Match Funding’. The first […]
Designers and creators worldwide are being invited to unleash their imaginations with the opening of the 2025 World of WearableArt (WOW) Competition. This prestigious event challenges entrants to craft wearable art that transcends traditional fashion, integrating creative innovation into every detail. The 2025 competition includes special themed categories such as Air, Neon, and Myths & […]
We hear the word ally bandied about more frequently these days, but what is an ally? And what does it mean to be a friend to a whole community? Steven Oates goes in search of New Zealand’s queer communities’ greatest allies. Online, there is much discourse regarding the history of allyship and debate about its […]
Sunday Star Times’ Chief News Editor Craig Hoyle takes us through his incredible journey of being excommunicated from his family and friends in the Exclusive Brethren church to rebuilding his life, free to live openly as a gay man. What was it like to grow up in the Exclusive Brethren? Growing up in the Exclusive […]
To celebrate a quarter of a century as Aotearoa’s preeminent rainbow funder, the Trust will take over St Matthew-in-the-City for a night of feasting, entertainment and fundraising on Friday 15 November! “We feel it’s really important to acknowledge the incredible mahi done by a number of amazing people over the past twenty-five years. Without their […]
Recent media coverage of a New Zealand Mpox outbreak reminds Michael Stevens of the stigma faced by HIV+ communities. This year’s Winter Pride saw an outbreak of Mpox (formerly known as Monkey Pox). There was a definite whiff of hysteria in how it was reported. And a number of gay men, especially older ones, feared […]