Category: New Zealand
An Auckland rich lister has been found guilty of assaulting three men in the early 2000s, 2008 and 2016. An Auckland High Court jury has returned their verdict in the case of a prominent rich lister who was charged with a number of sexual assault charges and one of bribery. The jury returned unanimous guilty […]
The New Zealand International Film Festival has confirmed its 2021 dates with the festival all set to take place from late October. The film festival, which normally opens in July/August will now be held slightly later in the year in light of the severe impact of Covid-19 on live events. As anticipated, the 2021 festival […]
The page lists ‘bum bandit’ as a term for homosexual males. Immigration NZ have been left red faced after linking to a slang website that refers to gay men as ‘bum bandits.’ The government agency says the link was “completely inappropriate” and have apologised for their mistake. The link was on New Zealand Now, […]
The Auckland woman says the abuse went on for months and included a colleague referring to her as “it.” A transgender former employee of Storage Box in Albany in Auckland said she was bullied out her job after coming out as Transgender. Kayte Osborne came out to her colleagues a year ago at which point […]
If you have booked flights or accommodation to attend the Wellington International Pride Parade on Saturday 10 April reconsider your plans. Speaking to express Wellington International Pride Parade Board Chairs Heather Henare says “the Board have unanimously agreed to cancel the 2021 Wellington International Pride Parade (WIPP) and focus our efforts on the parade for […]
With the Auckland region joining the remainder of the country at Level 1 Auckland Pride has confirmed the return of postponed Pride events this weekend – Allowing the Festival to continue until April 17. “We’re ecstatic that we can take over the ASB Tennis Arena on Saturday for one of Auckland’s largest vogue balls to […]
The act has been labelled ‘appalling,’ meanwhile this year’s event has been cancelled due to COVID-19. An act of vandalism has left one LGBT community member in Tauranga “lost for words.” Former co-organiser of Pride Week Tauranga Gordy Gray-Lockhart says he was saddened to see graffiti scrawled across the face of the billboard advertising Tauranga […]
Put it in your calendars! Organisers of the Auckland Rainbow Pride Parade have announced that the new date for the event will be Saturday the 27th of March. Kicking off from 6pm on Ponsonby road the Diversity, love and unity themed event was postponed due to Alert Level Restrictions across Aotearoa, which are set to […]