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The Unilluminated

28 April 2014 London Eleanor Catton’s Booker Prize winning novel The Luminaries is an impressive achievement. But despite elegant writing … More

Eleanor Catton, Man Booker Prize, New Zealand, The Luminaries

Pro Patria Mori

25 April 2013 London ANZAC Day: a celebration of New Zealand’s national identity, or a reminder of a pointless bloody … More

ANZAC Day, Gallipoli, New Zealand, Patriotism, Remembrance Day, Wilfred Owen, World War One

I Love My Gay Red Top

20 November 2012 London Prime Minister John Key’s thoughtless “gay red top” gaffe demonstrates the persistence of homophobia in New Zealand’s … More

Alan Downs, coming out, homophobia, Huffington Post, Ian McKellen, John Key, New Zealand

I Heart Gay Marriage

24 October 2012 London My submission to the New Zealand Parliament, who are currently considering allowing gay and lesbian couples … More

Gay marriage, New Zealand

Kia Ora, Shakespeare

25 April 2012 London Leading the Globe Theatre’s World Shakespeare Festival off with a roar, a New Zealand theatre company … More

New Zealand, Ngakau Toa, Shakespeare, Shakespeare's Globe Theatr, Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, Troilus and Cressida, World Shakespeare Festival

Queer Eye for the Rugby Guy

23 October 2011 London Rugby, the game that personifies New Zealand’s macho homophobic culture, is now a thing of homoerotic fantasy – … More

All Blacks, homophobia, New Zealand, Rugby, Sonny Bill Williams
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