Category: New Zealand
The Prime Minister shares his insights on the current state of news journalism, social media polarisation, and the rainbow community’s continued fight. It’s Wednesday 2 August when the Prime Minister’s smiling face appears on my laptop, beamed in from his Beehive office. It’s been a little over a week since the resignation of Justice Minister […]
Taking over the Memorial Centre to conclude the 2023 Winter Pride Queenstown, Propaganda Snowball featured special guests The Jawbreakers, DJ Joelby, plus performances from Kita Mean, Jimi The Kween, and Beverly Kills. [ngg src=”galleries” ids=”1928″ display=”slideshow”]
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”]
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 […]
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”]
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. […]
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”]
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 […]