Category: New Zealand

Sep 04
Pics | Getting Hot At Winter Pride’s Snowball

Taking over Queenstown’s Memorial Hall to conclude the 2023 Winter Pride Festival, Propaganda Snowball featured special guest DJs The Jawbreakers, DJ Joelby, plus performances from Kita Mean, Jimi The Kween, and Beverly Kills. [ngg src=”galleries” ids=”1927″ display=”slideshow”]

Sep 04
Alan Granville Announces Departure From URGE Events

STUFF journalist and URGE Events co-director Alan Granville has announced he is stepping down from the NZ dance party brand.   From co-owning and managing URGE Bar on K Road until in closure in 2014 to forming the national roaming party brand, URGE Events, Granville has spent 18 years working on URGE and describes the […]

Sep 02
Pics: Thrills And Spills at Family Bar Auckland

Looking for the ultimate Auckland night out? K Road’s Family Bar has been packed for over 18 years, offering the best live drag shows at 1.30am. Don’t miss tonight’s thrills and spills at Family Bar Auckland. Photos | Peter Jennings. Family Bar Auckland, 270 Karangahape Road, Auckland. [ngg src=”galleries” ids=”1926″ display=”slideshow”] 

Sep 01
Auckland’s Alternative Queer Scene

Lesbian In The Wild, Jessie Lewthwaite, goes off the beaten gay path to find Auckland’s alternative queer scene. Inside a bar I would normally associate with hairy straight men who think basic hygiene is gay, I’m standing waiting for a drag show to start.  The show is best described as androgyny fuelled with heavy metal. […]

Aug 27
The Hottest Pics of Winter Pride’s Opening Night Party

Winter Pride 2023 opened with a high-school reunion-themed party that included performances from drag divas Kween Kong, Beverley Kills, and Mandy Moobs, plus poptastic DJ sets from Mason Andrews, heating up Queenstown for Winter Pride. [ngg src=”galleries” ids=”1924″ display=”slideshow”]

Aug 24
National MP Stripped Of All Portfolios Following Threatening Incident Towards LGBTQ+ MP Shanan Halbert

National MP Tim van de Molen has been found in contempt of Parliament and stripped of all portfolios after making inappropriate and aggressive actions towards Northcote MP Shanan Halbert. The incident in question occurred after a meeting of the Transport and Industrial Relations Committee on June 29. An altercation arose when van de Molen confronted […]

Aug 24
Drag Race Stars: Anita Wigl’It Announces Split From Ivana Drink

“I’m heartbroken and feeling defeated at the end of our marriage,” Ivana Drink tells YOUR EX. In an announcement to over 91,000 followers on Instagram and Facebook, Anita Wigl’it has told fans “Ivana Drink and I have sadly separated.” In the full post Anita, aka Nick Kennedy-Hall stated: “I’m not really ready to make this […]

Aug 23
2023 Rainbow Excellence Awards Finalists Announced

The annual New Zealand Rainbow Excellence Awards will celebrate its fifth year at their 2023 ceremony on Wednesday 27 September. The awards bring together organisations striving to improve diversity and inclusion for LGBTTQIA+ people and celebrate achievements being made in workplace leadership, innovation, best practice, and collaboration. The finalists are:  ASB Bank Ltd, Aurecon, Downer […]