Category: New Zealand
The 2023 New Zealand Rainbow Excellence Awards were held last night in Auckland with the New Zealand Defence Force taking home the top trophy. Chief of the New Zealand Defence Force Air Marshal Kevin Short said he was proud of the strides the organisation has made and that the win acknowledged how far […]
Protesters have clashed with police in central Auckland’s Saint Patrick’s Square following the court hearing of Eli Rubashkyn, the individual charged with splashing tomato juice on British anti-trans activist, Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull, popularly known as Posie Parker. The tomato juice incident, which occurred during a speaking event on March 25, led Parker to cancel the event […]
Posie Parker is no-longer returning to NZ but some of her supporters still plan to protest at the court hearing of Eli Rubashkyn, Michael Stevens asks when is a protest worth it, and when does it just throw petrol on a fire? That’s a question that activists sometimes have to consider. And it’s worth considering […]
K Road’s Eagle Bar is so atmospheric, so naughty and so fun. Our photographer Peter Jennings captures all the craziness from last weekend at K Road’s Eagle Bar. Eagle Bar, 259 K Road, Auckland. [ngg src=”galleries” ids=”1932″ display=”slideshow”]
British anti-trans activist Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull, also known as Posie Parker, has cancelled her trip to New Zealand, citing safety concerns and a lack of trust in the police and authorities to protect her. Parker had planned to attend the hearing of a woman accused of throwing tomato juice at her during a protest that disrupted […]
Raising funds for her campaign to remain in the seat of Auckland Central, Green Party MP Chlöe Swarbrick will dress as both a drag king and queen at tomorrow night’s Drag For Democracy event happening at K Road’s Neck Of The Woods. The successful fundraising event Drag For Democracy will return to Neck Of The Woods […]
The Media Council and Broadcasting Standards Authority (BSA) have dismissed all complaints against media reporting of the visit and protests surrounding anti-trans activist Posie Parker to Aotearoa. Parker, whose real name is Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull, abandoned a rally in Auckland’s Albert Park due to counter-protests against her anti-trans views. She was covered in tomato juice, surrounded […]
Global cases of Mpox (formerly Monkeypox) have continued to drop since the 2022 outbreak, and now Te Whatu Ora have changed the way you can access the vaccine. MPox has had nearly 90,000 cases in 114 countries leading to 157 deaths worldwide, but despite initial fears the disease could spike during the WorldPride and the […]