Category: New Zealand
In a statement, the charity says their staff nationwide are being given a three-week break from work after suffering “significant loss and tragedy that has left us in a state of deep sadness and grief,” following the loss of a support worker and the Tauranga arson attack on their drop-in centre. The charity will return […]
This is our opportunity to get our monkeypox (MPX) response right – but we all need to be on the same waka. At the time of writing this, Aotearoa New Zealand has recorded 4 official cases of MPX. All had recently travelled from overseas and none are connected, which means no confirmed community spread. So […]
…away! Saturday 10 September will see the biggest drag spectacular to ever grace Palmerston North, Palmy Drag Fest, take over the Regent on Broadway! Drag Race Down Under Season One’s Miss Congeniality Anita Wigl’it tells us about the “strangely arousing spectacle” she will be performing! What can we expect from your performance at Palmy Drag […]
Former TVNZ reporter Arrun Soma is the co-founder of Indian Origin Pride NZ, an organisation helping support communities dealing with the intersectionality of their rainbow and ethnic identities. He speaks to express about his inspiration, marriage and surrogacy journey. Tell us how you personally become involved in Indian Origin Pride New Zealand (IOPNZ)? In early […]
Singer, songwriter and producer Carawei is an artist who has founded her own studio in Ellerslie, focused on LGBTQ+ artists. Ahead of the release of her first full-length LP, ‘The Moon And The Tides’ later this year; she talks to express about her musical inspirations, coming out as trans, and nurturing queer talent. Where were […]
David Kang Huat Lim has been sent back to Malaysia and will never be allowed to return to New Zealand again. A doctor convicted of drugging and sexually deporting their patients has been deported to Malaysia after being released from prison the NZ Herald reports. David Kang Huat Lim was convicted of indecently assaulting four […]
Three decades after his Test debut, Heath Davis becomes New Zealand’s first male international cricketer to come out as gay. Heath Davis has made history by becoming New Zealand’s first openly gay international cricketer. Davis played five tests and 11 one-dayers for the Black Caps. The former Black Cap revealed his sexuality for the first […]
Hailing from all over New Zealand and Australia, 10 queens handpicked by RuPaul herself will compete in Season 2 of Drag Race Down Under. Ahead of the premiere on TVNZ+ on Saturday 30 July, we meet our queens! Will Auckland look-queen Yuri Guaii be crowned Season 2’s winner? Congratulations on being a Ru-girl! How does it […]