Category: News
express interviewed Alex Taylor, a leading young composer who’s championing anarchic and vibrant opera for a younger generation. Performing in the upcoming show of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, we found out everything from what it has been like re-working the music, how the audience will react to the performance, and who came up with the costumes! What has […]
John Thorp, a transgender writer and research scientist has been named the victim of the train accident that occurred near Morrinsville on March 23rd. The NZ Herald reported that the 90-year-old man was travelling to Thames from the Waikato Hospital when his car collided with an on-coming train. His wife, Hazel, was also in the […]
In the last decade, it is safe to say that a huge amount of research has taken place in regards to HIV positive people using cannabis. Some benefits of cannabis use includes helping with anxiety and depression, an increase in appetite, and suppressing feelings of nausea. Despite this research, many healthcare providers are still against […]
Article written by Jess Jones. Starobserver.com.au ICON Julie Andrews is hosting a new show on Netflix that teaches kids about performing arts. Among its puppet characters, the show features one who is gender-neutral and non-binary. Julie’s Greenroom features Andrews, a cast of puppets and celebrity guests from Hollywood and Broadway. The gender-neutral puppet, Riley, is one of […]
ISIS have been found responsible for the death of a young man, having thrown him off a rooftop and hitting him with rocks – all because they found out he was gay. The mob released pictures of the young mans very-public execution which took place in Mosul, carried out in the name of Allah and […]
The Regent Theatre in Dunedin has recently installed signs on two of its unisex-accessible toilets, but they aren’t quite what you would have imagined… The new sign shows four figures – a female, male, gender non-specific, and someone with a disability – across the top, and then a new addition of a green alien lying below […]
Following on from our previous article, 37 year-old Mikio Filitonga has been found guilty of infecting his boyfriend with HIV. He was on trial at Auckland District Court earlier in the month on charges of causing grievous bodily harm with reckless disregard and committing a criminal nuisance by doing an unlawful act. The Crown stated […]
A Hastings man who was accused a while ago for using Grindr to send messages to another person, convincing them to meet with underage boys and use them for sex, can finally be named. 24 year-old Michael John Kight, appeared in the Wellington District Court for a number of charges against him, including convincing a […]