Cross-dresser case for trial - 30th August 2003
Joseph "Bucket" Coleman was yesterday committed for trial in the High Court at Auckland on a charge of murdering cross-dresser George "Georgie Girl" Matehaere last December.
Read the full story - NZ Herald
Lesbian dads to become 'parents' - 28th August 2003
The Government's flirtation with "lesbian fathers" is to end.
Read the full story - NZ Herald
A kiss is but a kiss, but not always on TV - 27th August 2003
The Broadcasting Standards Authority has failed to uphold complaints against Television New Zealand dealing with same-gender kissing - in one case for showing the kissing, and in the other for cutting it out.
Read the full story - NZ Herald
MP queries need for discrimination hotline - 25th August 2003
Act MP Muriel Newman is questioning the need for a "Rainbow Desk" telephone hotline to field complaints about discrimination from gay and transgender New Zealanders.
Read the full story - NZ Herald
Edwards a quiet crusader but no Hone-come-lately - 25th August 2003
So who is Hone Edwards, Television New Zealand's new Maori leader? Appointed kaihautu on August 12 - the word means the person in a waka who directs paddlers - his role will be to advise TVNZ on its Maori content.
Read the full story - NZ Herald
Pure intentions for P party - 23rd August 2003
A theme party for gay and lesbian people in Invercargill this weekend has drawn an unintended and unwanted association with hard drugs.
Read the full story - The Southland Times
Rainbow hotline opens ears to gays - 23rd August 2003
Gay or transsexual and feeling picked on? Phone the government.
Read the full story - The Dominion Post
Public chooses Campbell at NZ Television Awards - 23rd August 2003
... Among the more surprising victories was the late-night gay and lesbian magazine show Queer Nation's win for best factual series over its prime-time high-rating competition Country Calendar and Kids Hospital.
Read the full story - NZ Herald
Queer Nation - www.queernation.co.nz
Diana Wichtel: Nasty peek into future of media - 23rd August 2003
As tabloid terrorism goes, it doesn't amount to much. On the first defiantly sleazy website devoted to stalking homegrown celebrities there was, briefly, a fuzzy shot of a toddler that would be of no interest to anyone if the Hosking case hadn't kept those poor children in the news for months on end.
Read the full story - NZ Herald
Exposed: why this photo has sparked a furore - 17th August 2003
Warning: modern art may offend some viewers. A full-frontal nude photograph of Maori entertainer Mika wearing false breasts is causing controversy at the new Christchurch Art Gallery.
Read the full story - Sunday Star Times
Marshalled into notoriety - 17th August 2003
Newsmaker/He's been labelled pond scum for putting the secrets of the stars on his tabloid website. But does Jonathan Marshall deserve our derision?
Read the full story - Sunday Star Times
Sacked host offered counselling - 17th August 2003
Sacked TV presenter Jonathan Marshall was offered counselling by his bosses when they first heard allegations he was stalking star Mike Hosking, official papers show.
Read the full story - Sunday Star Times
Same sex families ridiculous, committee told - 14th August 2003
Same sex families are a "ridiculous modern ideology" and should not be represented by the new Families Commission, a parliamentary committee has been told.
Read the full story - NZ Herald
Drag queens stepping out - 11th August 2003
These are the nights of the long fingernails. Karangahape Rd's rival drag queen restaurants Caluzzi and newcomer Finale, all of 100m apart, are scrapping for supremacy.
Read the full story - NZ Herald
Hoskings could sue for net photo - 11th August 2003
A website carrying a photo of television personality Mike Hosking's daughter could be grounds for a civil case over a breach of privacy, says an internet law specialist.
Read the full story - NZ Herald
Anglican head says church yet to make up mind over gay clergy - 10th August 2003
New Zealand's Anglican leader says the church has yet to have a set stance on the issue of accepting gay clergy members.
Read the full story - Stuff News - NZPA
Hoskings' secrets exposed on web - 10th August 2003
Details of personal documents involving TV star Mike Hosking and his estranged wife Marie have been published on the internet, sparking privacy concerns.
Read the full story - Sunday Star Times
Evangelist slams 'sinister' agenda - 9th August 2003
Controversial television-evangelist Brian Tamaki's tirade against a "sinister" gay agenda of MPs Tim Barnett and Georgina Beyer has prompted New Zealand's first transsexual politician to issue him a challenge.
Read the full story - NZ Herald
Diana Wichtel: Women and the Peter Ellis affair - 9th August 2003
Let's see if I've got this straight. Four women who worked with Peter Ellis at the Christchurch Civic Childcare Centre were charged with sexual offending against children on the same sort of evidence that convicted Ellis.
Read the full story - NZ Herald
Author gets top marks for Ellis-case work - 9th August 2003
Lynley Hood, author of a controversial book which pulled apart the case against convicted child molester Peter Ellis, has been awarded a doctorate in literature.
Read the full story - NZ Herald
Still a sucker for a bloody good story - 9th August 2003
For a member of the filthy-rich club, Barry Colman's pretty down-to-earth. He wears the uniform of the gentleman publisher: the pinstripes, the blindingly white shirt. But his hair's mussed, his moustache more properly belongs on an ageing walrus and when he laughs he barks like a seal. There's a bit of the larrikin in Colman. He is definitely a Bazza.
Read the full story - NZ Herald
Nelson snub for gay US bishop - 8th August 2003
The Anglican diocese of Nelson says it cannot recognise the ordination of an openly gay United States bishop at the centre of a crisis which is threatening to split the church worldwide.
Read the full story - The Nelson Mail
Sydney queens hit town - 4th August 2003
The Sydney gay boys were blown away with the "stunning fresh beauty" of Queenstown on Saturday when they arrived for the start of the resort's inaugural Gay Ski Week.
Read the full story - The Southland Times
Civil Union Bill warrants wide debate - 4th August 2003
The unique institution of heterosexual marriage will be dead before the next general election. Homosexual and lesbian marriages get the green light, and the right to adopt has been similarly extended.
Read the full story - Otago Daily Times
Ellis case transcripts go public - 3rd August 2003
An Auckland businessman who offered a $100,000 reward for new evidence into convicted child sex abuser Peter Ellis' case has today revealed some of the children's withheld testimonies.
Read the full story - Sunday Star Times
United Future goes from lapdog to 'guide dog' - 2nd August 2003
United Future is adopting a more assertive stance in its relations with Labour as it tries to shed being labelled as the Government's lapdog and parliamentary poodle.
Read the full story - NZ Herald
United Future Website
Jim Peron: Virtue of a free society: it allows diversity of opinion - 1st August 2003
If Peter Dunne is to be believed, the Labour Government wants to tell us what to think. He used about half his column on this page on Wednesday to condemn a bill that would legalise gay civil unions. He also mentioned the legalisation of brothels and a possible measure on cannabis.
Read the full story - NZ Herald
Institute for Liberal Values of New Zealand
United Future Website
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