Wednesday, 10 March 2021, 7:16 am
National is calling on the Government to open the
trans-Tasman bubble with Australia to give our desperate
tourism sector a much-needed boost and reunite Kiwis with
family and friends across the ditch.
“New Zealand
and Australia have both done well to reduce the threat of
Covid-19,” Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says.
“We should now take the logical next step and get the
travel bubble up-and-running.
“Both countries have a
similar Covid profile and Australia has proven a bubble can
work. They opened their border to Kiwis in October and have
adopted a flexible approach when there have been community
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 and passion.
A stadium crowd of 36,000
spectators cheered on as 5,000 marchers, from over 120
parade entries, marched onto the field in a vibrant display
of diversity and unity. Parade partner SBS broadcast the
event live to hundreds of thousands of homes and viewing
parties across the country.
From Broken Hill to
Cairns, 30 venues across Australia were awarded grants to
hold official parade viewing parties. Established by Mardi
Gras and Facebook Australia, the initiative was designed to
Bounty Films has acquired the global VOD right to
the erotic-thriller, I, Portrait. It s now available
on North American digital HD internet, cable, and satellite
platforms and in the rest of the world via
Google Play,
Youtube Movies and
Prime Video. DVD available
from
Amazon.
Carmen McKenna (Natalie Heslop
Playboy) has a gift. She is an award-winning painter.
Whatever she paints materialises in her real life. Julian
Ryde (Nathan Hill
Revenge of the Gweilo) her husband,
is a casting agent. They seem to have the perfect marriage.
Then one day they receive an unexpected visit from an old
school friend, Stephanie Mitchell (Sienna Stass). She’s a
About the Australian &
New Zealand Mental Health Association:
The
Australian & New Zealand Mental Health Association is a
non-government, non-for-profit organisation dedicated to
advancing the field of mental health.
The association
hosts and support several conferences
throughout the year, each of which focuses on a specific
aspect of mental health and
well-being.
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Wednesday, 3 March 2021, 7:13 am
Award-winning Australian comedian Rhys Nicholson will
join host RuPaul and Michelle Visage on the judges’ panel
of RuPaul’s’ Drag Race Down Under when it comes
to TVNZ OnDemand later this year.
The popular comedian
is no stranger to our shores, having been part of New
Zealand’s comedy scene for many years. From winning Best
International Show Award in 2018 to hosting TVNZ 2’s
Best Foods Comedy Gala in 2019, Rhys has the perfect
quick-wit for Drag Race’s runway moments.
On
bringing a local flare to the eight-part global juggernaut
series, Nicholson said: “I just can’t tell you how