Category: New Zealand
Te Ahurei Toi o Tāmaki | Auckland Arts Festival 2023 programme has been gleefully announced, featuring a collection of internationally acclaimed showstoppers and hotly anticipated homegrown premieres. Here are express’ recommendations for unmissable experiences. THE SAVAGE COLONISER SHOW The world premiere of the stage adaptation of Tusiata Avia’s blistering poetry collection, The Savage Coloniser Show, […]
Today (1 December) is World AIDS Day, and to celebrate, New Zealand’s leading HIV peer support organisation has released “I’m Healthy, and I Live with HIV” – a new video campaign to highlight that despite facing a myriad of challenges, people living with HIV can, and should, live quality, healthy lives. Body Positive Executive Director, […]
With 20% of campground currently under water, management say they must make some “serious decisions.” Following two weeks of major rainfall, management at Uretiti Campground, a popular Christmas and New Year’s spot for Auckland’s gay community, are assuring this years celebrations, “will be different.” The defeated site supervisors say, “After 14 days 7 hours a […]
The ground-breaking kiwi-made LGBTQ+ series Rurangi has been awarded the Best Short Form Series at the International Emmy Awards in New York. Rurangi, which is both a television series and a feature film, tells the story of a trans-guy who returns to his remote rural New Zealand hometown after his urban life has been turned upside […]
Historian Gareth Watkins highlights November dates that highlight the significant strides that New Zealand’s rainbow communities have made. 27 November 1974 On this day, representatives from five Gay Liberation groups made submissions to a parliamentary select committee. The Committee was considering MP Venn Young’s members bill which set out to decriminalise homosexual acts between consenting […]
The New Zealand Comedy Trust have announced the inaugural Topp Prize has been awarded to comedian Chris Parker. Parker takes home $15,000 and two iconic milk bottle lolly artworks from Simon Lewis Wards – housed in a double hot pink crate to match Camp Mother’s pantsuit. “We are honoured to have our legacy acknowledged alongside kiwi […]
Unlike COVID-19 reporting, the public will not be informed of the specific locations of Monkeypox outbreaks in New Zealand. In last week’s interview with express magazine, Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand’s Interim Director of Outbreak Response Matt Hannant, confirmed the location of potential Monkeypox (MXP) clusters will not be reported. “To protect the privacy of […]
Since its inception Hui Takatāpui was based foresight of Te Rōpū Tautoko, with a vision of unity for Takatāpui. In 2022 the 32nd Hui Takatāpui remains steadfast in this vision. The Board leading this year’s Hui, Mataatua Takatāpui Trust, Ngati-Awa descendants, Wetini Paul, Tu chapman and Tux Hika had initially planned for the hui to […]