Category: New Zealand
British comedy icon Eddie Izzard has postponed her 2025 New Zealand tour after sustaining a knee injury requiring surgery. Promoters confirmed that Izzard will be unable to travel while she recovers, prompting the rescheduling of all three Aotearoa performances. “Unfortunately, due to a knee injury requiring surgery Eddie Izzard is unable to travel to New […]
Bear New Zealand Week 2026 returns to Auckland with a packed lineup of inclusive events for the ultimate celebration of queer community and connection. From sweaty dancefloors and underwear parties to chilled brunches and board games, Bear New Zealand Week 2026 is shaping up to be the biggest, furriest, and most diverse celebration of Aotearoa’s […]
Labour’s Rainbow spokesperson, Shanan Halbert, has condemned the Government’s decision to halt new prescriptions of puberty blockers for transgender youth, calling it “one of the most damaging and ideological moves we’ve seen in our health system”. The criticism comes in response to Health Minister Simeon Brown’s announcement that gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) analogues will no longer […]
The National Government has announced a pause on prescribing puberty blockers to new patients experiencing gender dysphoria, as it awaits the outcome of a clinical trial currently underway in the UK. Health Minister Simeon Brown confirmed the regulatory shift today, stating that gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) analogues will no longer be prescribed for new cases of […]
The New Zealand’s BNZ Breakers will not wear the rainbow Pride Progress Flag on their uniforms during the Australian National Basketball League’s (NBL) Pride Round early next year. The Auckland-based club said the decision was made collectively by the team, following internal discussions around the league’s voluntary policy for wearing the insignia, which celebrates the […]
Jessie Lewthwaite celebrates our queerest capital. By a happy coincidence, I ended up having back-to-back party weekends away in the capital. Coming down from Auckland, I was concerned my soft Australian skin would be cold, and I was especially worried about how the gale-force winds would affect my hair, which I sculpt to make it […]
Ahead of the premier of his starring role in Set In Stone as part of Fringe In The ‘Stings, Eru Heke tells us what it’s like to be a young drag queen living in Hawke’s Bay. For 19-year-old drag artist and actor Eru Heke, Hawke’s Bay isn’t just home, it’s where art, identity, and community […]
DJ Winner Mick, aka Mick Whitty, is known to community members for his sets at URGE parties, but recently he swapped the decks for boxing gloves. He tells YOUR EX about his physical and mental journey to stepping in the squared circle. When Wellington’s DJ Winner Mick — known off the decks as Mick Whitty […]