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Wed 16 Mar 2022

  • Trans Leads Needed For Kiwi Feature Film
    Links: Express

Tue 16 Mar 2021

  • Elliot Page shares he underwent top surgery in first interview since coming out as transgender
    Three months after coming out as transgender, Elliot Page is sharing his story...
    Links: Stuff
  • Elliot Page talks importance of using platform to help others in first interview since coming out as Trans
    Elliot Page came out as transgender last December...
    Links: Stuff
  • Catholic Church Refuses to Bless Same Sex Unions
    Links: Express
  • Having A Ball At Auckland Arts Festival
    Links: Express
  • Tū whakahīhī Te Whanganui-ā-Tara
    Links: Express
  • Wellington’s Cuba Street Precinct Set To Come Alive For CubaDupa
    Links: Express

Mon 16 Mar 2020

  • Keegan’s Drag Diary: March Madness
    Links: Express
  • Mr Gay World 2020 Postponed Due To Coronavirus
    Links: Express
  • New Law Proposed to Ban Conversion Therapy Across Canada
    Links: Express
  • New Zealand’s Queer History – March Milestones
    Links: Express
  • Putin Aiming to Amend Russian Constitution With Ban On Same-Sex Marriage
    Links: Express
  • Sipping With Pride!
    Links: Express

Sat 16 Mar 2019

  • Out in the Park and the Pride Hikoi are cancelled following the Christchurch mosque massacres (Wellington, New Zealand)
    The Wellington International Pride Parade is also postponed indefinitely.
    Links: NZ Herald

Fri 16 Mar 2018

  • Review: Cécile McLorin Salvant; Jazz Sensation
    Links: Express

Thu 16 Mar 2017

  • Human Rights with Richard Tankersley (St Andrew's on the Terrace)
    Audio from a presentation by Human Rights Commissioner Richard Tankersley on human rights issues facing rainbow and gender diverse communities in Aotearoa New Zealand
    Features: Richard Tankersley
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Dunedin’s Sex Attacker Jailed
    Links: Express
  • RuPaul Announces That He’s Already Married
    Links: Express
  • Coopers Beer faces boycott for Bible Society ad
    Coopers Beer is now facing a boycott here in New Zealand after the brand sponsored an Australian marriage equality debate ad...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Texas Senate approves anti-trans bathroom bill
    The Texas State Senate has passed an anti-transgender bathroom bill that would require people to use the bathroom that matches their birth certificate if it passes in the House of Representatives...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Trans woman jailed for sexual violation
    A Dunedin transgender woman has been sentenced to a minimum of four years in prison following a violent and premeditated attack on a young man and the indecent assault of two of her former flatmates...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 16 Mar 2016

  • Carol Voted Best LGBT Movie of All Time
    Links: Express
  • NZAF Executive Director Shaun Robinson Resigns
    Links: Express
  • "We cannot forget where these laws come from"
    BOX Oceania is a collective of people who wish to boost voices and visibility of the peoples of Moana Pasifika living and loving within and beyond the rainbow and navigate ancestral knowledges to activate decolonising gender and sexuality work that imagines and create futures inclusive of QTIPOC+ peoples and their families...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Canada: The Klippert Legacy
    Although New Zealand is refusing to revisit the issue of historic gay 'offenses', Canada is doing so...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • HIV ad aimed at msm won't air in South Africa
    A nationwide HIV video campaign in South Africa targeted at gay men will not go to air after media bosses refused to show a gay kiss...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Shaun Robinson resigns as NZAF boss
    Executive Director of the New Zealand AIDS Foundation, Shaun Robinson has resigned to take up a new position as the CEO of the Mental Health Foundation...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Xena comes out in new reboot show
    Xena: Warrior Princess will be openly gay in a reboot of the much loved television series...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 16 Mar 2015

  • Auckland Art’s Festival Triumph
    Links: Express
  • Dolce and Gabbana Launch Tirade Against Same Sex Couples Adopting Children
    Links: Express
  • Ikea Pulls Magazine From Russia Over Anti Gay Law
    Links: Express
  • NZAF Lobbying For PrEP Trial in New Zealand
    Links: Express
  • Pasifika Festival 2015
    Links: Express
  • WOMAD 2015
    Links: Express
  • Christchurch Pride: 2015 guide
    Christchurch Pride is now in full swing...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • DandC and Elton row over s/sex parenting
    Dolce and Gabbana A row has broken out over same-sex parenting with Sir Elton John saying he will snub international fashion celebs Dolce and Gabbana after the pair slammed non-traditional families...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Rainbow Panel proposal to be heard
    Auckland Council’s Community Development and Safety Committee will hear a proposal for a Rainbow Panel this Wednesday...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Youth hui aims to 'Shift' dominant culture
    InsideOUT is hosting a national hui to once again bring young people of diverse sexes, sexualities and genders from all over the country together...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 16 Mar 2014

  • Dan Slater to spin at Foreplay dance party
    Dan Slater In demand DJ Dan Slater will make his New Zealand debut to headline the much-anticipated Foreplay dance party in Auckland in May...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Gresham and Steve's wedding
    This month, Gresham Bradley and Steve Rogers married after 17 years together...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • MoH confirms MtF surgeries are on hold
    File Photo The Ministry of Health has confirmed gender realignment surgeries are back on hold due to the retirement of one of the country’s three specialists...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Pride Rainbow Carnival going ahead
    Christchurch Pride’s Rainbow Carnival will be indoors today, with organisers refusing to let the threat of bad weather spoil the fun...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sat 16 Mar 2013

  • Jan and Ruth profile (Auckland)
    In this podcast Jan and Ruth talk about their backgrounds, careers and ageing together.
    Features: Jan Wilson, Ruth Busch
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Dad's gorgeous letter to gay son
    When a dad overheard his son on the phone with a friend discussing his struggles to tell his parents he was gay, he left his son the "best note ever"...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Second reading: Louisa Wall's full speech
    She corrected the scaremongers, honoured those who bravely made submissions and quoted Macklemore - Louisa Wall's full speech in transcript and video form is here: Kia ora, Mr Speaker...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 16 Mar 2012

  • Storm - Q12 (Waikato)
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Groundbreaking gay minister dies, age 65
    Reverend David Clark A Presbyterian Minister who died this week is being remembered for bravely coming out to the church two decades ago...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Hughes picks up high profile role in Britain
    Darren Hughes Former Labour MP Darren Hughes has picked up a high profile role with Britain's Electoral Reform Society (ERS) in London...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • It's about respect
    Brooklynne Kennedy “If I believed the media, I would believe I was a whore, a murderer, a paedophile, a victim, a junky, a freak, a ghastly parody...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • It's about respect
    Brooklynne Kennedy “If I believed the media, I would believe I was a whore, a murderer, a paedophile, a victim, a junky, a freak, a ghastly parody...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Media urged to stop dragging up past names
    Brooklynne Kennedy The Queer Avengers are demanding the media end the disrespectful practice of calling transpeople by their previous names...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Melissa Etheridge: Your top 5
    We asked you to vote on your favourite Melissa Etheridge song, and now we present your top five for you to enjoy ahead of her concerts in Auckland and Wellington in July: 1...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 16 Mar 2011

  • Angela King (Wellington Town Hall)
    Features: Angela King
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Arietta Tuitoga and co (Wellington Town Hall)
    Features: Arietta Tuitoga
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Barry Taylor (Wellington Town Hall)
    Features: Barry Taylor
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Bhakti Shah (Wellington Town Hall)
    Features: Bhakti Shah
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Boris Dittrich (Wellington Town Hall)
    Features: Boris Dittrich
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Brendan Goudswaard (Wellington Town Hall)
    Features: Brendan Goudswaard
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Carole Hicks (Wellington Town Hall)
    Features: Carole Hicks
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Cindy Lewis (1) (Wellington Town Hall)
    Features: Cindy Lewis
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Cindy Lewis (2) (Wellington Town Hall)
    Features: Cindy Lewis
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Conference opening - AsiaPacific Outgames (Ilott Theatre)
    Audio from the opening of the Human Rights Conference at the 2nd AsiaPacific Outgames
    Features: Arie van der Wiel, Barry Taylor, Grant Robertson, Rosslyn Noonan
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Danae Gibson and Greg Adkins (Wellington Town Hall)
    Danae Gibson and Greg Adkins from Australia reflect on the 2nd AsiaPacific Outgames.
    Features: Danae Gibson, Greg Adkins
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • David Hindley (Civic Square / Te Ngākau)
    David Hindley, co-chair of the 2nd AsiaPacific Outgames reflects on the activities over the last week.
    Features: David Hindley
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Elizabeth Kerekere - AsiaPacific Outgames (Ilott Theatre)
    Elizabeth Kerekere delivers a keynote presentation at the Human Rights Conference of the 2nd AsiaPacific Outgames
    Features: Elizabeth Kerekere, Kevin Hague
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Evin Wood (Wellington Town Hall)
    Evin Wood from New Zealand talks about attending the human rights conference
    Features: Evin Wood
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Fuimaono Karl Pulotu-Endemann - AsiaPacific Outgames (Ilott Theatre)
    Fuimaono Karl Pulotu-Endemann delivers a keynote presentation at the Human Rights Conference of the 2nd AsiaPacific Outgames
    Features: Fuimaono Karl Pulotu-Endemann, Kevin Hague
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Gabi Rosenstreich (Wellington Town Hall)
    Features: Gabi Rosenstreich
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Gemma Demarco (Wellington Town Hall)
    Features: Gemma Demarco
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Grace Poore - AsiaPacific Outgames (Ilott Theatre)
    Grace Poore delivers a keynote presentation at the Human Rights Conference of the 2nd AsiaPacific Outgames
    Features: Grace Poore
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Grace Poore and Satya Rai Nagpaul (Wellington Town Hall)
    Features: Grace Poore, Satya Rai Nagpaul
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Graeme Kane (Wellington Town Hall)
    Features: Graeme Kane
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Grant Robertson (Wellington Town Hall)
    Features: Grant Robertson
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Gurv Singh (Wellington Town Hall)
    Features: Gurv Singh
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Hesti Armiwulan (Wellington Town Hall)
    Features: Hesti Armiwulan
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Hiroyuki Taniguchi (Wellington Town Hall)
    Features: Hiroyuki Taniguchi
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Huhana Hickey (Wellington Town Hall)
    Features: Huhana Hickey
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Isikeli Vulavou and Sulivenusi Waqa (Wellington Town Hall)
    Features: Isikeli Vulavou, Sulivenusi Waqa
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Jack Winter and co (Wellington Town Hall)
    Features: Dan Morales, Jack Winter, Sam Clarke
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Jenny Rankine (Wellington Town Hall)
    Features: Jenny Rankine
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • John Fisher - AsiaPacific Outgames (Ilott Theatre)
    John Fisher delivers a keynote presentation at the Human Rights Conference of the 2nd AsiaPacific Outgames
    Features: John Fisher
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Ken Moala (Wellington Town Hall)
    Ken Moala from Samoa talks about attending the human rights conference.
    Features: Ken Moala
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Kestin Stewart (Wellington Town Hall)
    Kestin Stewart from New Zealand talks about attending the human rights conference.
    Features: Kestin Stewart
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Khartini Slamah (1) (Wellington Town Hall)
    Khartini Slamah from Malaysia talks about attending the human rights conference.
    Features: Khartini Slamah
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Khartini Slamah (2) (Wellington Town Hall)
    Khartini Slamah from Malaysia talks about attending the human rights conference.
    Features: Khartini Slamah
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Lex Davis (Wellington Town Hall)
    Lex Davis from New Zealand talks about attending the human rights conference.
    Features: Lex Davis
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Lynne Hillier (Wellington Town Hall)
    Lynne Hillier from Australia talks about attending the human rights conference
    Features: Lynne Hillier
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Mani Mitchell (Wellington Town Hall)
    Mani Mitchell from New Zealand talks about attending the human rights conference
    Features: Mani Bruce Mitchell
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Marilyn Waring - AsiaPacific Outgames (Ilott Theatre)
    Marilyn Waring delivers a keynote presentation at the Human Rights Conference of the 2nd AsiaPacific Outgames
    Features: Kevin Hague, Marilyn Waring
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Mary-Anne McAllum (Wellington Town Hall)
    Mary-Anne McAllum from New Zealand talks about attending the human rights conference.
    Features: Mary-Anne Mcallum
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Mike Bryant and Eba Clemens (Wellington Town Hall)
    Mike Bryant and Eba Clemens from New Zealand talk about attending the AsiaPacific Outgames human rights conference (2011)
    Features: Eba Clemens, Mike Bryant
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Mitch Yusof (Wellington Town Hall)
    Features: Mitch Yusof
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Moana Parsons (Wellington Town Hall)
    Features: Moana Parsons
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Naeaulumanua Le Atioo and Fuimaono Karl Pulotu-Endemann (Wellington Town Hall)
    Features: Fuimaono Karl Pulotu-Endemann, Naeaulumanua Le Atio'o
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Peter Sagar (Wellington Town Hall)
    Features: Peter Sagar
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Philip Patston (Wellington Town Hall)
    Features: Philip Patston
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Phylesha Brown-Acton (Wellington Town Hall)
    Features: Phylesha Brown-Acton
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Ramon Vorkauf (Wellington Town Hall)
    Features: Ramon Vorkauf
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Rani Ravudi (Wellington Town Hall)
    Features: Rani Ravudi
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Ricardo de Menezes (Wellington Town Hall)
    Features: Ricardo de Menezes
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Robert Collins (Wellington Town Hall)
    Features: Robert Collins
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Roshan Mahato (Wellington Town Hall)
    Features: Roshan Mahato
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Ruth Busch and Jan Wilson (1) (Wellington Town Hall)
    Features: Jan Wilson, Ruth Busch
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Ruth Busch and Jan Wilson (2) (Wellington Town Hall)
    Features: Jan Wilson, Ruth Busch
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Sam Orchard and co (Wellington Town Hall)
    Sam Orchard, Joey MacDonald and Nick McMillan from New Zealand talk about attending the human rights conference
    Features: Joey Macdonald, Nick Mcmillan, Sam Orchard
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Session 1, Yogyakarta Principles Part 1 (Ilott Theatre)
    Audio from the Yogyakarta Principles Part 1 session at the Human Rights Conference of the 2nd AsiaPacific Outgames
    Features: John Fisher, Susan Glazebrook
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Session 2, Yogyakarta Principles Part 2 (Ilott Theatre)
    Audio from the Yogyakarta Principles Part 2 session at the Human Rights Conference of the 2nd AsiaPacific Outgames
    Features: Agniva Lahiri, Joey Siosaia Joleen Mataele, Naomi Fontanos
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Session 3, Yogyakarta Principles forum (Ilott Theatre)
    Audio from the Yogyakarta Principles forum at the Human Rights Conference of the 2nd AsiaPacific Outgames
    Features: Julie Watson
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Shevon Matai (Wellington Town Hall)
    Shevon Matai from American Samoa talks about attending the human rights conference.
    Features: Shevon Matai
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • Stephen Donald (Wellington Town Hall)
    Stephen Donald from New Zealand talks about attending the human rights conference.
    Features: Stephen Donald
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • 2nd AsiaPacific Outgames Human Rights Conference is held in Wellington
  • "Historic" trans and intersex gathering held
    Almost 100 people have gathered in a historic meeting of trans and intersex people from across the Asia Pacific region...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Chch gay business may re-start elsewhere
    The Menfriends building The operators of Christchurch's gay venues have still not been able to return to their business premises despite a loosening of restrictions on entry into the earthquake devastated CBD, but at least one is looking for temporary premises  in which to continue operating...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Games "playing out well" says co-Chair
    10...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Marilyn Waring: "We are battling towards dignity"
    Marilyn Waring at the Wellington Town Hall today Marilyn Waring has given an inspiring and powerful talk on what she termed the “silent human right” of dignity, at the opening session of the Human Rights Conference at the AsiaPacific Outgames, expressing hope we will achieve it in her lifetime...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Mixed Kiwi/Aussie Ten Pin medal results
    New Zealand and Australia have more or less level pegged in the medal stakes for the Ten Pin Bowling competitions which held most of their finals today...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • No glbt protections in Islands, says speaker
    2...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • NZ and Asia/Pacific have much work to do
    10...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Ongoing battle to get sexuality education through
    Following a cut in funding for training for the professional development of health education teachers, a passionate Auckland researcher is still finding ways to ensure quality sexuality education is getting through to high school students...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • The Mates and Lovers sneak preview
    This short YouTube clip offers a glimpse of one of the gay-themed play Auckland and Wellington critics rave about...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Welfare Retrenchment: An LGBT Issue
    The National Party's "Welfare Working Group" has proposed a massive retrenchment of social welfare benefits that threatens to damage New Zealand's social fabric...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 16 Mar 2010

  • Anti-gay political party throws in the towel
    An anti-gay Christian political party formed to contest the last general election is in the process of winding up, having spectacularly failed to impress New Zealand voters...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Chch centre closure places glbt youth at risk
    Troubled glbt youth in Canterbury will be more at risk of physical and mental illness following the planned closure of a Christchurch youth health centre, according to the NZ AIDS Foundation...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • GABA to celebrate 25 years with Jubilee night
    A Jubilee Gala Dinner and Charity Auction will mark 25 years of the Gay Auckland Business Association next month...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Vestiges of Inequality: LGBT Ordination and Religious Weddings
    Why is it that we pay so little attention to the question of LGBT ordination equality within some Christian denominations? In 1993, New Zealand legislated for lesbian, gay and bisexual equality in the field of goods and services provision, employment and accommodation...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Your next shag's never far away on Grindr
    On 10 March 1876, Alexander Graham Bell made the first telephone call: "Come here Watson, I need you!" Fast forward 134 years, and more men are hooking up over the phone than ever before...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Mon 16 Mar 2009

  • Drama Central!
    A certain city is now buzzing with new acting talent, as part of the Auckland Festival 2009 and beyond… We witnessed a thrilling show at the Festival at the weekend, and found out about more on-stage delights happening this week...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Public meeting will decide Hero's future
    Tina Turner once sang 'we don't need another Hero', but does Auckland's LGBT community agree? This year we had Pride, but could a Hero rise again? Following a successful Pride '09 Festival last month, the Hero Festival committee is holding a public meeting soon, which it says is "to decide Hero's future...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Westie lesbians meet to tackle hot topics
    A series of discussions at the West Auckland Women's Centre is an opportunity to get into hot topics of interest to women who love women...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 16 Mar 2008

  • AUS: Government staff quizzed on sex lives
    Ministerial staff in Kevin Rudd's government are being forced to list their history of sexual partners, reveal extra-marital affairs and detail homosexual experiences before gaining security clearance, reports Sydney's Sunday Telegraph newspaper...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Chch: New bishop hesitates over gay unions
    Christchurch's next Anglican bishop will be a controversial Canadian woman who has signalled her support for gay unions - but is reluctant to break with Church tradition on the matter...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Fri 16 Mar 2007

  • Auckland's funds available for LGBT groups
    Attendees of an Auckland City Council LGBT network meeting last night were encouraged to apply for funding from the City for our local community events...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Book review: Same-Sex Marriage and Christian Right Matrimania
    Review: Sex Wars: Tenth Anniversary Edition By Lisa Duggan and Nan Hunter New York: Routledge 2005 My family of origin has divergent ideas about same sex marriage...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • HIV dip welcome, infection pool still grows
    The dip in HIV infections amongst gay and bi men in New Zealand is being welcomed by the country's largest support group for HIV positive men, which is none the less concerned that the risk of contracting HIV is growing year by year...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Milo
    Nestle are now responding to viewer complaints about the Milo “that's not cool' TV advertisement, saying they are “firmly of the view that the advertisement does not have any homophobic connotations”...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Nigeria
    The European Parliament is to call on the Nigerian Government and Parliament not to adopt the proposed 'Same Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Act' in its current form...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Poland: No LGBT
    Teachers who promote gay equality in schools risk losing their jobs under draft regulations currently being drawn up by Poland's Ministry of Education, Polish Radio reports...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Wellington gay show wins festival award
    A gay theatrical cabaret show in the Wellington 2007 Fringe Festival that featured some of Wellington's top drag queens who ranging in age from 20 to in the 70s recently won an Honourable mention in the Drama category at the Fringe Festival Awards...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Thu 16 Mar 2006

  • Gay sperm donors need not disclose
    Gay sperm donors will not be required to disclose their sexual orientation to potential recipients, say Fertility Associates...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Guiding the NZAF through tough times
    Jeremy Lambert (R) and Romeo (L) Last year's AGM may have been tough on the board of the AIDS Foundation, but this week's announcement of a new all-time high in HIV infections among MSM has illustrated even more clearly where the Foundation's focus needs to remain...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • MP Collins "hung up" on gay slurs
    12:30PM: The National Party's Family Affairs spokesperson Judith Collins says she has no comment to make on a series of anti-gay slurs she lobbed at Labour MP Darren Hughes last month in Parliament, and hung up on GayNZ...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Role change for Darren McDonald
    Former TV3 newsreader Darren McDonald has moved out of a producer's role on gay TV2 show Kiwifruit, but will continue to work as a director and writer on the forthcoming series of the show...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • The Commonwealth Games' parade of prejudice
    A flying tram at the Games' Opening Ceremony THE GAMES PEOPLE PLAY! How many gays and lesbians were charmed by the fireworks and spectacle of the opening of the Commonwealth games in Melbourne on Wednesday night? As country after country entered the stadium to riotous applause, watched by the Queen, the Australian Prime Minister John Howard, other dignitaries, and billions of viewers world-wide, they were contributing to promoting the allusion that we are all united by sport, the Commonwealth, and humanity...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Wed 16 Mar 2005

  • Franks: Remove gay HRA protections
    As discrimination against same-sex couples was finally removed from the law books last night with the passage of the Relationships Bill, ACT justice spokesman Stephen Franks was proposing amendments to ensure it remained...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Two-thirds majority for Relationships Bill
    The passage of the Relationships Bill, which removes discrimination against same-sex couples from the law books, has been welcomed by the MPs who shepherded it through with a roughly two-thirds majority...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 16 Mar 2004

  • Television item (New Zealand)
    Breakfast, ref: TZP285887.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
  • HIV/AIDS Chat: Keeping gay men healthy
    For more than two years the NZ AIDS Foundation has known that there was likely to be a resurgence of HIV in New Zealand about now...
    Links: GayNZ.com
  • Relative Problems: Same-sex parenting defended
    The Care of Children Bill is quietly chugging through its committee stages, with conservative Christian organisation Maxim working to exclude gays and lesbians from its provisions...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Sun 16 Mar 2003

  • Television item (New Zealand)
    One News, ref: TZP269366.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
  • Sleeping While The Enemy...
    With the high-profile battles for law reform and human rights all but won, gay MP Tim Barnett is concerned our GLBT community in danger of dropping its guard, letting ultraconservative groups regroup and rename themselves as they seek to erode our achievements...
    Links: GayNZ.com

Tue 16 Mar 1999

Wed 16 Mar 1994

  • Maiden speech of MP Chris Carter (Parliament buildings)
    Listen to the maiden speech of Chris Carter - New Zealands first openly gay sitting Member of Parliament
    Features: Chris Carter
    Links: PrideNZ.com
  • MP Chris Carter (Te Atatu, Labour Party) gives his maiden speech in Parliament (New Zealand)
    Carter is the first openly gay Member of Parliament in New Zealand.
    Links: Wikipedia
  • Television item (New Zealand)
    Primetime, ref: TZP142762.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
  • Television item (New Zealand)
    Network News, ref: TZP142834.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
  • Television item (New Zealand)
    Primetime, ref: TZP142844.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

Sat 16 Mar 1991

  • The sixth annual Wellington Lesbian and Gay Fair is held in the Newtown School Hall (Wellington, New Zealand)
    According to Des Smith, one of the founders, the fair was generally held in the second week of March so that it didn't clash with Sydney's Mardi Gras.
    Links: Paul Duncan video

Wed 16 Mar 1988

Fri 16 Mar 1984

  • Television: Queen Street in Auckland is closed off for Mardi Gras as part of Fiesta '84 (Auckland, New Zealand)
    ref: TZP105792.
    Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision

Wed 16 Mar 1983

  • London Local Body Backs Women (Press, 16 March 1983)
    The Greater London Council (GLC) has officially launched a Women’s Committee aimed at advocating for the interests of women in London. Established in early 1982 with an initial budget exceeding £500,000 and a dedicated staff of eight, this committee operates out of County Hall. The committee's creation has garnered attention,...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Tue 16 Mar 1976

  • Thorpe Allegation Repeated (Press, 16 March 1976)
    On 15 March 1976, Norman Scott, the man at the centre of a scandal involving Jeremy Thorpe, the leader of Britain's Liberal Party, reiterated his claims of a past homosexual relationship with Thorpe. Scott accused Thorpe of engaging in defamatory behaviour towards him, stating he would consult a lawyer regarding...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Sat 16 Mar 1974

  • A Great Scottish Household (Press, 16 March 1974)
    "The Days of Duchess Anne" by Rosalind K. Marshall offers a detailed exploration of life in the household of the Duchess of Hamilton from 1656 to 1716. This historical account is enriched by the archives of the Hamilton family, providing insights into the daily operations and customs of a Scottish...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

Thu 16 Mar 1967

  • Psychiatrist’s View “in State Of Automatism” (Press, 16 March 1967)
    Auckland's Supreme Court is currently hearing the trial of Doreen Ellen Davis, a 30-year-old nursing sister charged with the murder of her colleague, 40-year-old Raewyn Kathleen Joy Petley, at Whenuapai on 19 November 1966. The trial, which has extended to eight days, is presided over by Mr Justice Moller and...
    Links: Papers Past (on PrideNZ.com)

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