Category: Opinion
It’s fair to say that many express readers will be disappointed after the election night results positioned the National Party as the clear favourite, with 46 percent of the vote. The votes have been counted, but the composition of our government for the next three years is yet to be decided. Our country is in […]
Rainbow Counsellor Elijah Luke Michel is here to help with your problems: Q – I’m concerned for my girlfriend. I knew she smoked cannabis occasionally when I met her but recently her intake has increased and I’m scared she’ll become a drug-addict. I’m pro medicinal marijuana but she has been using it daily for anxiety […]
A Commentary by Stephen Rainbow. Gay tolerance he suggests should run much further than the colour of your skin. Three Pakehas, a Brazilian, a Malaysian Chinese and a Chinese. Last Thursday’s dinner gathering, not untypical among gay people in Auckland in terms of cultural diversity. Combined with our passion for travel and the global connections […]
Rainbow Counsellor Elijah Luke Michel is here to help with your problems: My partner is a lovely man, but he isn’t affectionate. He never hugs, cuddles, or shows affection because he never received it from his parents, especially his mother. I am warm and affectionate by nature, which is what I think attracted him to […]
Peter Thiel – a gay New Zealand citizen not wanted here. Peter Thiel is a gay American/German/New Zealander, 49, who co-founded PayPal, sold it to eBay in 2002, and was the first outside investor in Facebook. He has since sold some of his shareholding and is now worth an estimated US$3.7billion. No crime in being […]
On March 26 this year, young protestors (Putin’s children) took to the streets in some 80 towns in Russia. Anger at the greed of the ruling classes, the technocrats and the military hierarchy who have enriched themselves under Putin’s rule motivated the protestors but also, resentment that the world is changing around them and […]
Rainbow Counsellor Elijah Luke Michel is here to help with your problems: I’m worried about my boyfriend. Recently made redundant, he has become unmotivated and needy. He sleeps in, watches Netflix all day, and calls me numerous times at work when lonely or bored, which angers my boss. I also spend my lunch breaks job-hunting […]
Feeling not only ashamed, but also confused, I cleared my Internet browsing history to keep the content of what I was looking at a secret. I crouched under the evergreen branches and made my way to the centre of the tree. This is where my friends and I would gather at recess. I lost my […]