‘Politics’ Stories
LegaliseLove group plan to rally at Civic Square at noon, then march to parliament down Willis st and on to Lampton Quay. At parliamentthe group will be received by an array of supporting MP’s and others will give speeches. As for the date in question – why October 20th? Spirit Day. In the USA, this [...]
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Rainbow Wellington are holding their election candidate forum at the Wellesley Boutique Hotel, in Maginnity Street, Wellington this evening. Representatives of all the current Parliamentary political parties, and NZ First have being invited. The Forum will start at 6 pm. Nibbles will be provided and there will be a cash bar. There is no requirement [...]
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The Queer Avengers is launching its “Queer our Schools” campaign on 6 October with a march from the Ministry of Education at 45-47 Pipitea St, Thorndon, Wellington. The march will go to Midland Park on Lambton Quay for speeches and entertainment. Queer Avengers youth-focused campaign is the first of three campaigns. Queer Avengers demands shouldn’t [...]
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New Zealanders’ attitudes towards difference and conformity are up for debate at Auckland Museum’s last LATE in the 2011 series. Who is being marginalised in today’s society and how much more open are New Zealanders now than they were half a decade ago? Curated by Public Address founder and Media7 host Russell Brown, October’s LATE [...]
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“This day will be remembered as a sad and sickening day for New Zealand”, was John Banks’ response in Parliament to the passing of the Homosexual Law Reform Bill on the 9th July 1986. To mark the 25th anniversary of Law Reform, PrideNZ.com is making available online dramatic audio and photographs from the period. The [...]
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The NZ Herald asked Labour’s Jacinda Ardern and National’s Nikki Kaye: Do you support same-sex marriage? Jacinda Ardern commented that: In 2004, I paid the tiniest of prices to support a really important issue; $20 to be precise. That’s how much one thousand people paid to have their names included in a full page ad [...]
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In this video, from the General Debate in Parliament today, Green MP Kevin Hague, who is openly gay, speaks on the subject of bullying of GLBT youth. He challenges Prime Minister John Key to do more. It’s also actually one of the few times in the current Parliament that an MP has addressed GLBT issues. [...]
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Father Paul Martin, St Patrick’s College’s rector, told student Malcolm Pimentel, a pupil he will not be allowed to attend the school ball this weekend if he wants to bring another boy as his date. Fr Martin was reported as saying that the school had a policy in place that did not allow ”old boys” [...]
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In celebration of Amnesty International’s 50th anniversary, some of New Zealand’s best known street artists are uniting to support the organisation’s street art exhibition and auction this Thursday to raise awareness about freedom of expression. The exhibition, The Art of Freedom: Taking it back to the streets, will showcase pieces that have been donated by [...]
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A facebook campaign and petition has been launching saying Enough is enough with funding Destiny Church and its anti-LGBT agenda. Destiny Church was awarded $860,000 in government funding last year. Is it not self-evident that to fund and encourage Destiny Church is to fund and encourage religious fundamentalism, and the homophobia that these beliefs inevitably [...]
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