It’s less than 3 weeks until Winter Pride kicks off on Friday 28th August in Queenstown and Winter Pride is looking forward to having people booked from every corner of New Zealand to attend! Naturally they’re sad that the Trans-Tasman bubble won’t be open. We are thinking of everyone in Australia right now and we […]
95bFM at the bMovies interview Max Currie. Max is the director of Rūrangi, a forthcoming web-series which is having its premiere as part of this year’s NZIFF. Max popped into the 95BFM studio to chat about the show which follows the story of young trans activist Caz as he returns to his small rural hometown […]
Aotearoa’s only LGBTQI+ literary festival, Same Same but Different, is excited to announce a special online winter talk series later this month. From July 24-26th, Two to the Power of Five: The Power of Queer Words pairs up fascinating queer writers for five fantastic online conversations. The sessions are all free and being held thanks […]
Auckland Pride has released a fundraising campaign, Where It Matters, to support queer and trans creatives responding to the devastating impact COVID-19 has had on the arts industry. Auckland Pride is putting its support where it matters, and supporting initiatives so that queer and trans BIPOC (black, indigenous, and all people of colour) communities in […]
InsideOUT is planning a National Schools PRIDE Week in 2020! This will be an opportunity for schools to celebrate and support their rainbow communities, in whatever way works best for their school. Unfortunately due to Covid-19 the campaign has been postponed from June to August, however expect Pride week to run in June in future […]
Oracles in Conversation 2pm, Sat 4 July Wellington City Art Gallery Join artist Pati Solomona Tyrell (founder of Pasifika queer art collective Fafswag), artist Suzanne Tamaki (Maniapoto, Tuhoe; a member of Pacific Sisters and SaVAge K’lub art collectives), and Chief Curator Robert Leonard for a talk in Oracles. Facebook Event Page
Three Pride Festivals from around Aotearoa will celebrate with their international partners on Saturday 27 June as Auckland Pride, Wellington International Pride Parade, and Winter Pride Queenstown join Global Pride – an ambitious online event curated by Pride organisations after the COVID19 pandemic caused the cancellation or postponement of hundreds of Pride events worldwide. Hosted […]
Marae TV latest video is about Gee Pikinga – take the time to discover this wonderful person. Me uaua ka tutaki i te tangata pēnei te momo. Kua tau te noho i tona kiri ahakoa pai mai, ahakoa kino mai. Nōku te tino waimarie ka noho māua ko Gee hei tuakana, teina. Very seldom you […]
People of diverse sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, or sex characteristics (SOGIESC) continue to suffer in New Zealand from discrimination when it comes to basic human rights like access to quality healthcare, education and work. The “Prism” report issued today by the Human Rights Commission details six human rights issues related to people of […]
Offering genuine representation for Aotearoa’s gender-diverse community both on screen and off, local series Rūrangi is set to have its world premiere as part of Whānau Marama: New Zealand International Film Festival, running 24 July –2 August, 2020. Rūrangi will make history as the first web-series to feature in the Festival’s celebrated programme, and as […]
