Category: New Zealand
“Ru loves it here! She wants to come back, and the studio must be kept at 12 degrees at all times,’ express’ exclusive source tells us! It was just six short months ago that RuPaul flew to New Zealand and spent 14 days quarantine the SO/ Auckland Hotel before spending two and half weeks filming […]
Mal & Scotty Kennedy-Vaughan have been the lifeblood of Wellington’s LGBTQI+ hospitality scene as far back as most of us can remember. So it came as a shock when after a combined 77 years in the industry, they announced they had put S&M’s cocktail bar up for sale. Richard Tait and Fraser Shaw sat down […]
When three of our very own Kiwi queens were selected for the Down Under edition of RuPaul’s Drag Race, few could have predicted what a wild ride it would be or just how proud they would make us, representing Aotearoa. They collaborate with photographer Peter Jennings at Live Nation’s interactive exhibition #happyplacenz and share their […]
A prominent businessman has been jailed for two years and four months at the Auckland High Court this morning. The businessman was convicted of assaulting three men in the early 2000s, 2008 and 2016 at a trial at the High Court in March. The businessman, who continues to maintain interim name suppression, was also convicted […]
The popstar, TV and radio host’s separation with wife Natasha Utting is understood to be amicable. Singer-songwriter Anika Moa and journalist Natasha Utting’s relationship has come to an end. The NZ Herald reports that the couple have decided to head their separate ways after four years of marriage and eight years as a couple. Moa […]
You can expect Auckland’s G.A.Y nightclub to be busier than ever as manager Aaron Von Philippe steps back behind the bar after finding a resolution with the owner. G.A.Y had become the city’s hottest venue for Auckland’s young (18+) gender-diverse rainbow community. Embraced as a safe space for all members of the LGBTI+ community with […]
In an email obtained by express, the businessman says, “I doubt I would survive any period in prison.” A Kiwi rich lister convicted of sexual assault and witness intimidation has bizarrely appeared to have broken his own name suppression. The man was found guilty at Auckland’s High Court in March of indecently assaulting three men […]
Screen and stage legend Richard O’Brien – best known for his starring role as the iconic character of Riff Raff in the film adaptation of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, has been announced as the guest of honour at the Rainbow Celebration Gala 2021. The Rainbow New Zealand Charitable Trust’s not to be missed fundraising […]