Category: New Zealand
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 […]
“We all have the right to be free from discrimination and treated with fairness and respect,” the HRC says. The Human Rights Commission has written to NZ police, asking them to improve their processes for dealing with transgender people. The intervention from the HRC comes after an incident in which a police officer broke […]
The Royal New Zealand Ballet’s Cinderella is bucking all the fairytale and ballet clichés. In choreographer Loughlan Prior’s colourful new production, the princes fall in love with each other, while Cinderella chooses her own path. Josh and Shae, the dancers playing Princes Charming and Dashing, talk to express about breaking the mould! Josh – Prince […]
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! Can Palmerston North’s Spankie Jackzon take the crown? Congratulations on being a Ru-girl! How does it feel […]
Ricky Te Akau is a stalwart in New Zealand sexual health. Firstly at the NZAF from 2011 to 2018, when he engaged their renowned LYC (Love Your Condom) campaign with Māori MSM (men who have sex with men), and now at Te Whāriki Takapou, the only Kaupapa Māori sexual health promotions and research organisation in […]
Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown has said he intends to redraft the Crimes Act to remove homosexuality, if successful in the next election. The Cook Islands’ general election will take place at the beginning of next month and current Prime Minister Mark Brown has pledged to redraft 1969’s Crime Act to remove any mention […]