Category: New Zealand
One of NZ’s biggest gay NYE celebrations at Uretiti Beach will be restricted this year due to severe flooding at Aotearoa’s most popular campsite. As previously reported by express, flooding has caused havoc on New Zealand’s busiest campsite, Uretiti Beach, leaving the Department of Conservation to consider closing it over the festive season due to […]
The Auckland season of the highly anticipated Royal New Zealand Ballet – Venus Rising has been cancelled due to increased Covid cases within the company. The decision to cancel the Auckland season was made with “deep sadness” and follows three previous cancellations of the season due to Covid. “This beautiful production, which we had to […]
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 […]