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Mon 6 Mar 2023

  • Georgina Beyer dies (Wellington, New Zealand)
    Beyer dies in Mary Potter Hospice, Wellington
    Links: Stuff.co.nz
  • Bouncer assaulted transgender patron while colleague laughed, bar claims
    A Wellington bar has come forward, saying security guard contracted to the venue assaulted a person at the start of Pride week celebrations...
    Links: Stuff
  • Bouncer assaulted transgender patron while colleague laughed, bar claims
    A Wellington bar has come forward, saying an off-duty security guard who had previously been contracted to the venue assaulted a woman at the start of Pride week celebrations...
    Links: Stuff
  • Documentarian and MP remember Georgina Beyer
    The Carterton District Council is flying its flag at half mast today in honour of its former mayor Georgina Beyer who died yesterday...
    Links: RNZ
  • Dozens attend Tauranga library’s Rainbow Storytime despite complaints
    The event was well-attended despite a number of complaints...
    Links: NZ Herald
  • Georgina Beyer confronting anti civil union protestors in 2004
    Yesterday afternoon came the news of the death of Georgina Beyer, the world's first openly transgender mayor and MP...
    Links: RNZ
  • Georgina Beyer, the world's first openly transgender MP and mayor, has died
    Beyer served as the mayor of Carterton and as a Labour MP for Wairarapa...
    Links: Stuff
  • Georgina Beyer, the world's first openly transgender MP and mayor, has died
    Beyer served as the mayor of Carterton and as a Labour MP for Wairarapa...
    Links: Stuff
  • Live: Former MP Georgina Beyer remembered as trailblazer politician and activist
    Beyer, the world's first openly transgender MP, died in hospice care on Monday...
    Links: Stuff
  • Live: Former MP Georgina Beyer remembered as trailblazer politician and activist
    Beyer, the world's first openly transgender MP, always "stood up for the marginalised and stigmatised", Grant Robertson said...
    Links: Stuff
  • Nicola Willis pays tribute to Gerogina Beyer
    Former Carterton Mayor and MP for Wairarapa Georgina Beyer died yesterday after a longer illness...
    Links: RNZ
  • NZ's first openly transgender MP Georgina Beyer dies aged 65
    The country's first openly transgender Mayor and MP Georgina Beyer is being remembered as a fearless fighter for rainbow rights whose love and compassion will live on forever...
    Links: RNZ
  • Rememberinig Georgina Beyer
    The worlds first openly trans politician dies at 65 ...
    Links: RNZ
  • Stats NZ prepared for census day
    It's census day and the count of all the people in New Zealand is underway...
    Links: RNZ
  • Top Stories for Tuesday 7 March 2023
    Top stories this morning...
    Links: RNZ
  • Tribute for Georgina Beyer from Former Prime Minister Helen Clark
    The first openly transgender Mayor and Member for Parliament ...
    Links: RNZ
  • World's first openly transgender mayor and MP, Georgina Beyer, has died
    The world's first openly transgender mayor and MP, Georgina Beyer, has died after a long illness...
    Links: RNZ
  • World's first transgender MP Georgina Beyer has died
    The world's first transgender politician, Georgina Beyer, has died...
    Links: RNZ
  • World’s first openly transgender MP and mayor Georgina Beyer dies aged 65
    Beyer became the first openly transgender mayor in the world in 1995...
    Links: NZ Herald
  • World’s first openly transgender MP and mayor Georgina Beyer dies aged 65
    Beyer became the first openly transgender mayor in the world in 1995...
    Links: NZ Herald
  • ‘She did it her way’ Georgina Beyer Dies In Wellington Hospice
    Links: Express
  • Georgina Beyer Did Not Want A Funeral
    Links: Express
  • Out and About @ Sydney WorldPride’s Ultra Violet!
    Links: Express
  • Sydney WorldPride Closing Concert In Pictures
    Links: Express

Sun 6 Mar 2022

  • Sydney Mardi Gras Parade 2022 – Part One
    Links: Express
  • Sydney Mardi Gras Parade 2022 – Part Three
    Links: Express
  • Sydney Mardi Gras Parade 2022 – Part Two
    Links: Express

Sat 6 Mar 2021

  • Blocked and Reported: The podcast explaining the internet - a controversy at a time
    Episodes include breakdowns of Gina Carano’s firing from The Mandalorian, the bonkers world of Young Adult Twitter and J...
    Links: Stuff
  • LGBTIQ+ Community Rise Together For Historic 2021 Sydney Gay And Lesbian Mardi Gras
    The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade took over the Sydney Cricket Ground last night ( Saturday 6 March 2021 ) in a dazzling display of self-expression, proving that not even a global pandemic can stop LGBTQI+ communities rising together in pride ...
    Links: Scoop
  • Queer community calls for apology from Wests Tigers NRL team
    An Auckland transgender activist and artist is calling for an apology from the National Rugby League (NRL) team Wests Tigers after "unsafe" social media posts were made by two of its players...
    Links: NZ Herald
  • Full Steam Ahead For Auckland Rainbow Pride Parade Following Announcement Of...
    Links: Express
  • Hope For Pride Events Following Government Alert level Announcement
    Links: Express

Fri 6 Mar 2020

  • Pride and Prejudice Panel (St Andrew's on the Terrace)
    Audio from the Pride and Prejudice Panel, held during Wellingtons Pride Festival on 6 March 2020
    Features: Anjum Rahman, Bex Fraser, Kay Jones, Laura O'Connell Rapira, SamKate Douglas, Sara Fraser, Tania Sawicki Mead
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Amyl/poppers become a prescription only medicine (New Zealand)
    Links: Body Positive
  • Dayna Kathan calls Jax Taylor's comment about Ariana Madix's sexuality a 'Below-the-Belt Dig'
    Jax Taylor has been vocal about Ariana Madix's sexuality as of late, both this season of Vanderpump Rules and during his appearance on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen in January...
    Links: Stuff
  • Former US politician Aaron Schock comes out as gay in Instagram post
    He opposed same-sex marriage and voted against the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell"...
    Links: Stuff
  • LGBT group invited to watch Israel Folau play for his Super League club
    Catalans Dragons reaches out to "show our stadium is a place of friendship'' after Folau controversy...
    Links: Stuff
  • Wellington Pride Organiser Disappointed As Big Banks Withdraw From Parade
    Links: Express

Wed 6 Mar 2019

  • Man 'free' of HIV after stem cell treatment
    A UK patient's HIV has become "undetectable" following a stem cell transplant - in only the second case of its kind, doctors report in Nature...
    Links: RNZ
  • Mediawatch Midweek 06 March 2019
    Mediawatch's midweek catch-up with Lately...
    Links: RNZ
  • New Zealand's secret lesbian summer camps
    Did you know that New Zealand was home to secret lesbian summer camps in the 1970s and 1980s? ...
    Links: RNZ
  • The Panel with Lizzie Marvelly and David Farrar (Part 2)
    What do YOU think is New Zealand's best beach? Mount Maunganui has been voted New Zealand's best beach, in the TripAdvisor 2019 Travellers' Choice Awards, for the sixth time in a row...
    Links: RNZ
  • Trans people in sports
    An Interesting piece written recently on the issue of transgender sporting participation...
    Links: RNZ
  • Drag Gives Me Life!
    Links: Express
  • Man arrested in Aziz Al-Sa’afin Assult Case, Back in Court Tomorrow
    Links: Express

Tue 6 Mar 2018

  • Alan Hollinghurst - the changing face of queer lit
    Alan Hollinghurst discusses his sixth novel and how gay literature has changed over the decades...
    Links: RNZ
  • High number of Pacific people stigmatized for living with HIV
    A new study has revealed people living with HIV in the Pacific experience a high level of stigma and discrimination...
    Links: RNZ
  • NZ Book Awards 2018 shortlist announced
    The diversity, depth and skill of New Zealand writers are being showcased in the annual New Zealand Book Awards...
    Links: RNZ
  • Pacific people still stigmatized for living with HIV
    A new study has revealed people living with HIV in the Pacific continue to experience a high level of stigma and discrimination...
    Links: RNZ
  • Auckland City Limits Festival
    Links: Express
  • CALL ME BY YOUR NAME AND A FANTASTIC WOMAN WIN AT...
    Links: Express
  • Foodie Bites
    Links: Express

Mon 6 Mar 2017

  • A Simple Difference Shouldn’t Be A Big Deal
    Links: Express
  • Family’s Pride Parade After Party
    Links: Express
  • National Brands Feature Drag Queens in Advertising Campaigns
    Links: Express
  • New Zealand’s First Trans Weightlifting Athlete Named
    Links: Express
  • NYC Says Teachers Must Use Preferred Pronouns
    Links: Express
  • Siblings Thirst Over Pool Boy in Coca-Cola Ad
    Links: Express
  • Chch Pride kicks off with Art Show and Mardi Gras
    Christchurch Pride kicks off this Thursday evening with a one-night only art exhibition, followed on Friday by a Youth Mardi Gras event in Lyttelton...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • HIV diagnoses drop dramatically in NSW
    HIV notifications in New South Wales have fallen to a five-year low, according to information just released by the NSW Health department, in stark contrast to New Zealand where the annual number of diagnoses continues to rise...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Jobs to go as NZAF struggles with funding freeze
    Jobs are to disappear at the NZ AIDS Foundation as it struggles to reverse the surging annual rate of HIV infections amongst gay and bi men, in the face of almost static government funding for six years...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • NPIP: "A clear message" to Corrections
    No Pride in Prisons hopes the decision not to allow Corrections to march in both the Auckland and Wellington Pride Parades will send a clear message to the Department...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • PrEP approved but difficulties remain says NZAF
    Approved access to the PrEP medication Truvada is being cautiously welcomed by the NZ AIDS Foundation which says difficulties remain in accessing and using the drug to ward off HIV infection and a poor level of training of GPs...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Russia may ban Disney movie over gay character
    Russian authorities are seriously considering banning the latest Disney movie, a live-action version of Beauty and the Beast which features Disney's first ever gay character...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Takatāpui doco hits fundraising target on day one
    A documentary focusing on the story of a takatāpui activist seeking self-acceptance is proving to be a crowd-favourite, before production has even begun...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • UK father sentenced for raping lesbian daughter
    A father in the UK has been found guilty of multiple charges after raping his lesbian daughter, claiming it was to prove to her that sex with men  is better with men...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 6 Mar 2016

  • William Spurlin (Holocaust Centre of New Zealand)
    Audio from Prof. William Spurlins talk: What we know from the historical record - the persecution of lesbians and gay men under the Third Reich
    Features: Dave Moskovitz, William Spurlin
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Madge Madness at Vector Arena
    Links: Express
  • "Inspiring" HLR function but main activist shunned
    The organisers of last night's parliamentary function at which speakers marked the thirtieth anniversary of the passing of the Homosexual Law Reform legislation are hailing the evening as “amazing and awe-inspiring...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Israel held first ever trans beauty pageant
    Israel hosted its first ever trans beauty pageant, with the finals being held in Tel Aviv this May...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Standing ovation for HLR sponsor Fran Wilde
    Fran Wilde, who as a young and inexperienced MP fronted the Homosexual Law Reform Bill through bitter national and parliamentary debate, received a standing ovation last night for her dedication to the cause of decriminalising consenting sexual relations between men...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 6 Mar 2015

  • Alex - Beyond Rainbows (Wellington)
    Alex talks about identifying as asexual female-to-male trans* guy.
    Features: unidentified voice(s)
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Vee - Beyond Rainbows (Wellington)
    Vee talks about identifying as a queer, femme, fat, amazing person who has a mental illness.
    Features: unidentified voice(s)
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Randa Rewrites Rap’s Rules
    Links: Express
  • Gillman-Harris accused jumps bail
    Beauen Wallace-Loretz One of the two youths accused of the Epsom motel killing of gay man Ihaia Gillman-Harris has absconded from electronically monitored bail at an Avondale home and remains on the run...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 6 Mar 2014

  • Laura - Beyond Rainbows (Wellington)
    Laura talks about identifying as lesbian and about dealing with mental illness.
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • "I'm not gay sorry" hacked Warrior tweets
    Not gay: Kevin Locke A Warriors player has taken to Twitter to let his followers know he’s straight, after a teammate apparently fake-outed him as a prank...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Akl Uni honouring composer Gareth Farr
    Prolific gay composer Gareth Farr has been announced a 2014 Distinguished Alumni by the University of Auckland, and will be honoured at a special dinner on Friday 14 March...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Catholic Cardinal criticises Ugandan law
    Cardinal Peter Turkson The Ghanaian head of the Vatican's peace and justice office has panned Uganda’s anti-gay law, saying “homosexuals are not criminals” and should not be jailed...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Clip-On Fiscal Conservatism and the Conservatives
    Not Really Our Sort of Accessory? The Conservative Party are claiming that the media have 'stereotyped' their party as a religious social conservative outfit...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Liza not holding a grudge against Ellen
    No harm done? The pair later had a selfie (Pic: Twitter) Liza Minnelli says Ellen DeGeneres’ joke about her being a drag queen “went a bit astray”, but she appears to be over it...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • McCully won't give up electorate for Craig
    Murray McCully won't give Craig his electorate East Coast Bays MP Murray McCully is rejecting any talk he's going to let Colin Craig take his seat...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Watch: Auckland Pride Parade
    Check out Gay Talk Tonight's video from the 2014 Auckland Pride Parade...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 6 Mar 2013

  • The digital life of rainbow youth (Auckland)
    John Fenaughty reflects on how digital technologies are impacting on rainbow youth.
    Features: John Fenaughty
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Television item (Sydney, Australia)
    One News, ref: TZP428085.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
  • Mum wants full inquiry into gay soldier's death
    The mother of gay New Zealand soldier Corporal Douglas Hughes wants an open inquiry into his death...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • On "Love, Trust, Marriage and HIV"
    Letter to the editor of GayNZ RE: GayNZ Blog ‘Love, Trust, Marriage and HIV’ Dear Editor, I read Michael Stevens’ blog “Love, Trust Marriage and HIV” with interest...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • On "Love, Trust, Marriage and HIV"
    Letter to the editor of GayNZ RE: GayNZ Blog ‘Love, Trust, Marriage and HIV’ Dear Editor, I read Michael Stevens’ blog “Love, Trust Marriage and HIV” with interest...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • PM confident about Defence Force's procedures
    Douglas Hughes Prime Minister John Key says the military has “a robust process for dealing with gay and lesbian” soldiers...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Police actions at Mardi Gras to be investigated
    New South Wales police are being accused of using excessive force during last weekend's Mardi Gras with a video showing a man in handcuffs being thrown to the ground by a policeman, who then stands on the man's back...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 6 Mar 2012

  • Jack Trolove - Creating Our Stories (Auckland)
    Jack Trolove talks about organising a variety of community-based events
    Features: Jack Trolove
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Announcement from Auckland Pride Festival Steering Committee
    The Auckland Pride Steering Committee has asked us to share this statement on the bid to hold a glbti festival in Auckland, as the council's events funding body considers its application...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Announcement from Auckland Pride Festival Steering Committee
    The Auckland Pride Steering Committee has asked us to share this statement on the bid to hold a glbti festival in Auckland, as the council's events funding body considers its application...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Chauvel: World HIV fight risks "going backwards"
    Worldwide efforts to combat HIV transmission and get treatment to people living with the virus are at risk of going backwards because of the international economic crisis warns Labour MP Charles Chauvel, who is a member of the United Nations Global Commission on HIV and the Law...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Clark: Time for a new “grass roots” NZ HIV campaign
    Record new HIV infections among men who have sex with men (MSM) mean that it’s time for a new “grassroots” HIV prevention campaign in New Zealand says Helen Clark...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Rainbow Youth head inspired by FebFast effort
    Rainbow Youth is looking forward to sinking its teeth into a project looking at how it can engage with queer youth about alcohol, thanks to the fundraising effort FebFast...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 6 Mar 2011

  • Big drug seizure before Mardi Gras
    GHB was seized in the raid...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Diary of a Mardi Gras virgin
    Self-confessed Mardi Gras virgin Jacqui Stanford has agreed to share her experiences as she belatedly dives into one of the world's truly great glbt events...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Mayor to judge universe's queerest show
    Celia Wade-Brown Wellington Mayor Celia Wade-Brown will head up the judging panel for the Outgames installment of the queerest drag show around, Queen of the Whole Universe...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Writers' retreat grows from Mates and Lovers
    Autumn Farm A week-long gathering of gay writers at Golden Bay's Autumn Farm has been announced, an off-shoot of the popular holiday retreat's support for the writer director of Mates and Lovers...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 6 Mar 2010

  • Anika Moa's wife inspires new album
    Kiwi songstress Anika Moa's upcoming album Love in Motion was inspired by her love for her new wife, she has revealed...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Pope embarrassed by Vatican gay sex scandal
    The Vatican is reeling from a gay sex scandal involving a senior aide to the Pope and a chorister, who are accused of being involved in a homosexual prostitution ring...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • The Box in Christchurch is up for grabs
    Christchurch's The Box all-male cruise club is for sale, with its current owners hoping a buyer will keep it going as a place for men to meet...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 6 Mar 2009

  • Major drug bust ahead of Mardi Gras Party
    A major undercover police operation has resulted in the seizure of 2,000 ecstasy tablets thought to be arranged for Sydney's Mardi Gras events tomorrow night...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • New blood donor rules specific on gay sex
    Men who have had sex with a man anytime the last five years still cannot donate blood, say new guidelines made official this week by the New Zealand Blood Service...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • New blood donor rules specific on gay sex
    Men who have had sex with a man anytime the last five years still cannot donate blood, say new guidelines made official this week by the New Zealand Blood Service...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • New group promises more LGBT theatre
    A new organisation to advance LGBT theatre in Wellington will launch next week with a free event featuring ticket giveaways, cheap drinks, free Hell pizza, and several of New Zealand's gay members of Parliament as honoured guests...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Wellington looks forward to 2011 Outgames
    Wellington's upcoming Outgames will be a vibrant sport, culture and human rights event on a large scale which will reflect that 2011 is the 25th anniversary of homosexual law reform in New Zealand, say the organisers...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 6 Mar 2008

  • Complaint upheld against story on MP's son
    The Press Council has upheld a complaint lodged by National MP Bill English against The Southland Times for their front-page story 'English may sue GayNZ on article'...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 6 Mar 2007

  • Loyal?!
    Gordon Copeland Is Gordon Copeland this parliamentary term's version of John Banks? And does he even have a future with United Future? Let's see what Sue Bradford had to say when it came to Copeland's QC opinion that marked the latest rearguard Christian Right attempt to sabotage Section 59 Repeal: "Gordon Copeland's legal adviser Peter McKenzie QC, is no stranger to conservative moral crusades, having represented the Society for the Promotion of Community Standards in its campaign against the film Baise-Moi and in its attempts to get anti-gay videos into schools, and other groups like the anti-abortion campaigners Right to Life" How interesting, but also, how par for the course for Copeland...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Mayor's aid assaulted Moscow pride leader
    The Metropolitan police have confirmed that they are investigating an alleged assault at London's City Hall on Nicolas Alexeyev, the organiser of Moscow Pride...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Non-straight Northlanders get 'Kiwifroot'
    Kiwifroot, a new support and social network for gay, lesbian, takatapui, bisexual, and transgender youth aged up to 25 and living in Te Tai Tokerau is to be launched on 21 March...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Tim Allingham, NZAF Hamilton
    Originally from England, Tim (48) has lived in NZ two years now...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • USA: Hillary Clinton reaches out to LGBT
    Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton told the USA's leading gay rights group in an unpublicised speech that she wants a partnership with gays if elected president...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 6 Mar 2006

  • Abortion pill RU486 - Nemesis?
    The Australian Christian Right has fallen afoul of the country's feminist movement, and was recentlydefeated over a doomed importation ban related to RU486, the 'abortion pill...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Gay Maori warriors "offensive," "unhappy" and "humiliating"
    In a camp double act which would be funny if it wasn't disturbing, the ex-Auckland City mayor and mayoral candidate who courted the gay vote(!), rants about the evils and immorality of homosexuality with Destiny Church guru and Bi$hop of Bigotry Brian Tamaki, repeating their slurs about the homosexual 'lifestyle', with Tamaki even managing to try to blame multicultural society for the world's troubles...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Gay Maori warriors "offensive," "unhappy" and "humiliating"
    In a camp double act which would be funny if it wasn't disturbing, the ex-Auckland City mayor and mayoral candidate who courted the gay vote(!), rants about the evils and immorality of homosexuality with Destiny Church guru and Bi$hop of Bigotry Brian Tamaki, repeating their slurs about the homosexual 'lifestyle', with Tamaki even managing to try to blame multicultural society for the world's troubles...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Maori killed gays "in the old days"
    Self-appointed "Bishop" Brian Tamaki has become the latest to hit out at the AIDS Foundation's takataapui Gay Warriors For Safe Sex campaign, alleging that homosexuality was so unacceptable in pre-colonial times that gays were lynched...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Trapped in an abusive relationship
    Karen of Kaitaia writes: My son is 21 His partner 46...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 6 Mar 2005

  • Television item (Sydney, Australia)
    One News, ref: TZP300529.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
  • "Life's a beach with HIV!" - drug ad
    American drug company Bristol-Myers is being urged to drop ads for its AIDS drug Reyataz, which features two bronzed men on a beach, because they minimise the seriousness of the disease...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Life's a beach with HIV!
    American drug company Bristol-Myers is being urged to drop ads for its AIDS drug Reyataz, which features two bronzed men on a beach, because they minimise the seriousness of the disease...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • LIVE FROM THE FRONT: Reports from the anti-gay Destiny rally
    Collected live news reports from GayNZ...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 6 Mar 2004

  • "Men shouldn't dress as poofters"
    Men shouldn't dress up as poofters, according to former politician turned radio host Tau Henare...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Condoms still effective despite HIV
    The increase in HIV infections in New Zealand is not an indication that condoms are ineffective, says the AIDS Foundation's research director, Tony Hughes...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Fun at the Fair: Handbag hurling and camp canines
    The 19th Annual Wellington Gay and Lesbian Fair will offer more than 60 stalls and over 18 performances in what its organisers believe will be the biggest fair ever...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Triangle apologises for 'death to gays'
    Auckland's Triangle Television, a public access channel, has broadcast a formal apology after airing a programme which said that homosexuals should be put to death...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 6 Mar 2003

  • Television item (New Zealand)
    Qn, ref: TZP269265.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
  • Comments "harmless banter", says Hide
    The "gay comments" which have landed Rodney Hide in hot water with a group of ACI Glass employees were just harmless "banter," says the Act MP...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 6 Mar 2001

Sun 6 Mar 1994

Fri 6 Mar 1992

Thu 6 Mar 1986

  • Dire Straits At Bellamys (Press, 6 March 1986)
    On 6 March 1986, Wellington reporter Dire Straits attended a lunch at Bellamy's, hosted by the Prime Minister, Mr Lange. Members of the band took the opportunity to watch a brief session of Parliament from the public gallery. The night before, they had performed a concert in Wellington, which took...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
  • M.p. Suspended For Conduct (Press, 6 March 1986)
    On 6 March 1986, John Banks, the Opposition MP for Whangarei, was suspended from Parliament for 24 hours due to his "grossly disorderly conduct" during the debate on the Homosexual Law Reform Bill. This suspension prevented him from participating in most of the day's parliamentary session and a select committee...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
  • Mr O’flynn To Seek ‘gay’ Amendment (Press, 6 March 1986)
    On 6 March 1986, Defence Minister Mr O’Flynn announced plans to amend the Homosexual Law Reform Bill, aiming to exempt the military from potential changes in the law that would decriminalise homosexuality. Under Mr O’Flynn's proposed amendments, homosexuality would remain an offence within the military under the Armed Forces Discipline...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
  • The Day In Parliament (Press, 6 March 1986)
    On 5 March 1986, Parliament in Wellington convened at 2.30 p.m. where Speaker Dr Wall presented a message from Governor-General Sir Paul Reeves. The message urged Parliament to allocate public funds for several pieces of legislation including the Education Amendment Bill (No. 2), the Finance Bill, the Fisheries Amendment Bill,...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)
  • Television item (Wellington, New Zealand)
    Today Tonight, ref: TZP8743.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
  • Television item (New Zealand)
    6:30pm News, ref: TZP13052.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

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