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In our exclusive interview, the ACT leader talks free speech, judging people on race, and why he’s “more of a Mahatma Gandhi guy!” A friend who works out of the same Newmarket building as David Seymour told me that he often sees him arriving by 7am and not leaving till nearly 10pm, so it should […]
The Green Party Co-Leader discusses what led her into politics, why we need more wāhine Māori in leadership, and whether she could ever form a government with National. “Growing up in a family of activists, I was always encouraged to stand up for collective justice that would help communities with lesser power,” Marama Davidson tells […]
The Leader of the Opposition talks gay bars, pink flights, and his hopes for his children if they ever came out. National Party leader Christopher Luxon has never been to a gay bar, he tells us over Zoom on Wednesday 28 June. “But I’m not averse to doing so,” he assures us with a smile. […]
The Prime Minister shares his insights on the current state of news journalism, social media polarisation, and the rainbow community’s continued fight. It’s Wednesday 2 August when the Prime Minister’s smiling face appears on my laptop, beamed in from his Beehive office. It’s been a little over a week since the resignation of Justice Minister […]
STUFF journalist and URGE Events co-director Alan Granville has announced he is stepping down from the NZ dance party brand. From co-owning and managing URGE Bar on K Road until in closure in 2014 to forming the national roaming party brand, URGE Events, Granville has spent 18 years working on URGE and describes the […]
Fresh off their Australian Fashion Week debut, designer David Leslie talks about triumphantly celebrating indigenous culture with Zachary Neelu. David Leslie is a gay Kamilaroi man who lives on Gadigal and Bidjigal Country in Australia. He is the founder of GALI Swimwear, a new line of fashionable swimgear that features the works of three prominent […]
When it comes to dating, Dick Richard’s two biggest red flags are behaviours he himself is guilty of. So how do we avoid attachment issues, both in ourselves and others? When it comes to dating and relationships, I have found there are two common red flags that will put everything on pause and possibly ruin […]
Lesbian In The Wild, Jessie Lewthwaite, goes off the beaten gay path to find Auckland’s alternative queer scene. Inside a bar I would normally associate with hairy straight men who think basic hygiene is gay, I’m standing waiting for a drag show to start. The show is best described as androgyny fuelled with heavy metal. […]