Category: News

Feb 17
Shortland Street Exec Slams STUFF’s TV Guide NZ For Printing Homophobic Letter

South Pacific Pictures have issued a statement to express condemning the long-standing NZ magazine for printing a ‘homophobic opinion piece’ that criticises Shortland Street’s portrayal of same-sex relationships. The latest issue of TV Guide has come under fire for printing a letter to the editor entitled ‘It’s time to end a TV relationship’. In the […]

Feb 16
Exclusive: AUCKLAND RAINBOW PARADE POSTPONED

Rainbow Pride Auckland confirm to express, they have made “the difficult decision” to postpone The Auckland Rainbow Parade, planned for this Saturday.  The event organiser, Shaughan Woodcock, said “The call to postpone has been made after assessing all options and advice from Key Stakeholders and while we would love nothing more than to put on […]

Feb 15
$4m Boost For LGBT Youth Mental Health

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced the package to fulfil a 2020 Labour Party election promise, while The Green Party have launched a petition to expedite the banning of Conversion Therapy. The government has announced a new $4 million package to improve mental health outcomes for young Rainbow kiwis. Announcing the new funding ahead of the […]

Feb 15
Auckland Pride Implements Level 3 Festival Plan

Auckland Pride has fully implemented its Alert Level Three Festival Plan, with updates on the status of events available for all 26 events that were planned to take place between 7 pm Sunday 14th and 11:59 pm Wednesday the 17th of February. Auckland Pride who had a range of plans in place should Alert Levels […]

Feb 14
Bharat Mahajan Wins Mr Gay New Zealand 2021

Bharat Mahajan has won the 2021 Mr Gay New Zealand sash after a weekend of challenges and then the finale announcement on stage at the Ending HIV Big Gay Out in Auckland today. The mental health care services manager from Thames received the most amount of votes across six challenge categories including public speaking, LGBTI […]

Feb 14
Breaking: Big Gay Out Continues Despite New Auckland Covid Cases

Despite three new community cases in Auckland, the Big Gay Out has continued with no restrictions. There has been no disruption to today’s Big Gay Out despite the new community cases of COVID 19 in Auckland. The Minister of Health and Director General of Health made clear in today’s afternoon press conference that the Big […]

Feb 11
Aotearoa Entertainer Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Pervert Justice

The entertainer entered their plea on the eve of prominent businessman’s trial. A prominent New Zealand entertainer pleaded guilty to attempting to pervert the course of justice in the Auckland High Court this afternoon. The NZ Herald reports that the entertainer who cannot be named, admitted to two charges of attempting to dissuade and bribe […]

Feb 10
2021 Big Gay Out Mainstage to be Politicians Free

For decades politicians from across the political spectrum have taken the stage at the Big Gay Out to deliver their message to the rainbow community, but this year they won’t be invited on stage. “Political parties won’t be taking the stage at this year’s Ending HIV Big Gay Out,” the New Zealand AIDS Foundation (NZAF) […]