Category: People
Matheson talks to express about the challenges facing older LGBT Kiwis and says she’s, “not the sort of person who knows her place.” Lexie Matheson ONZM says she wants to highlight the challenges older LGBT people face saying the Government and a number of community organisations have neglected the group. The Senior New Zealander of […]
Dillon Passage shared his reasoning for ending the marriage on Instagram. Currently serving a 22-year sentence for attempting to hire a hitman to kill his arch nemesis Carole Baskin and for violating several wildlife laws, things have gotten even worse for Joe Exotic. Husband Dillion Passage has taken to Instagram to reveal he is divorcing […]
Mika Haka has been sentenced for perverting the course of justice. Mika Haka has been named as the ‘prominent entertainer’ who perverted the course of justice by trying to stop a complainant in the trial of a rich lister convicted of sexual assault from contacting police. After enjoying name suppression for over two years, Justice […]
The Ellen show’s audience has almost halved. Ellen DeGeneres’ talk show has suffered a dramatic drop in viewership in the wake of a bullying and sexual harassment scandal on the set of her show. The New York Times reports that the Ellen show lost over 1 million viewers since the premiere of the show’s 18th […]
The ‘Rainbow Parade’ will return to Ponsonby Rd on Saturday 27 March at 6pm in conjunction with the Ponsonby Street Festival. Rainbow Pride Auckland (RPA) Chair Matt Bagshaw tells us what we can expect from the parade in 2021 and beyond. Last year marked RPA’s first Rainbow Parade on Ponsonby Rd. It was lots […]
Ngāti Whakaue, Te Arawa, columnist, author and singer-songwriter, Lizzie Marvelly tells us about her passions for intersectional feminism, her beautiful wife and her home town, Rotorua. Marvelly’s voice exudes joy as she talks over the phone from her Rotorua home. She’s excited for International Women’s Day and the chance, “to celebrate the powerful thing it […]
The world’s first transgender MP says she wants a decision made “one way or another.” Former Labour MP Georgina Beyer has hit out at the government saying she is unsure as to why there is a delay on proposed changes to the Births, Deaths, Marriages and Relationships Registration Bill. “I don’t know why the Government […]
Aotearoa model Te Manahou Mackay was outed by the media as transgender at just 17 years old. Now aged 21, Mackay refuses to get offended by other people’s perspectives. “Listen to the cool, young, hot relevant people who are spreading positive messages,” Mackay advices telling Belinda Nash that she is inspired by watershed moments like […]