Category: People
The prominent businessman’s trial began yesterday in the Auckland District Court and today the Crown opened its case against the man. The businessman is in court charged with two counts of indecent assault. One occurring in February 2008, the other in September 2016, the NZ Herald reports. Opening the Crown’s case, prosecutor Simon Foote alleged […]
The former Human Rights Review Tribunal member says most Trans people agree with her. While Whittaker’s latest chocolate block has come under fire from some within the LGBT community for ‘erasing’ gender diverse and Trans people, (in addition to espousing outdated concepts of gender) the chocolate company had found one vocal supporter in Jacquie Grant. […]
Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter, and composer catches up with express to discuss his 20-year anniversary “All These Poses” tour which hits Auckland and Wellington this weekend! Since his last jaunt to New Zealand, playing as a part of the Womad Festival, Rufus Wainwright had been knee-deep in his second Opera, Hadrian (which opened in Toronto last […]
Following on from his stunning performance opening the Oscars with Queen, openly gay Pop Star Adam Lambert opened up to his fans, explaining how the 37-year-old has been battling with mental health, an issue that was the inspiration behind his new song, Feel Something. The American born singer explained to his fans that his new music […]
Presented as part of the 2019 Auckland Arts Festival; award-winning director Anapela Polata’ivao has turned Tusiata Avia’s classic, solo poetry collection performance, Wild Dogs Under My Skirt, into an all-female ensemble production that examines and celebrates what it is to be a Samoan woman. express caught up with star Petmal Lam to learn about making it […]
Shocking new allegations on how Jussie Smollett staged his own homophobic ‘attack’ have emerged. Jussie Smollett has appeared in a Chicago Court alongside three others after it is alleged the group staged an attack on the Empire star in order for him to obtain a pay rise. The actor was reportedly unhappy with his $1.8 […]
The story behind Bird on a Wire is a story of friendship and passion, where boy met boy, and then met girl, and went into business together. With their first out-of-Auckland store set to open in April, express spoke to general manager Kelly Bain about their uniquely rainbow business. It doesn’t take too many rainy […]
Meet Ben Hansard. Ben has been an immigration Advisor for Malcolm Pacific for the past three years, and tells express that, “the knowledge that people are relying on me to ensure their life dreams are achieved,” gets him out of bed each day! Day to day, Hansard deals with cases of people trying to get […]