Takatāpui

3 queer Māori and Pasifika share what helped when they felt suicidal

“I’ve never told anyone this, but I think it’s important to say.”

'They think you're committing fraud': Trans refugees in NZ need usable ID

“If you speak with an accent, everywhere you go, the first thing they ask [is] ‘are you a resident?’

No, youth aren't trans just because it's 'popular': study

2.4% of adolescents identified as trans or gender diverse in 201, compared to 1.6% in 2019.

  • 11 Aug 22

NZ book critic called transphobic after review of takatāpui poet’s work

Takatāpui poet Essa May Ranapiri released their second poetry collection ECHIDNA in May.

  • 22 Jul 22

It’s 2022, do queer people still need to come out?

‘It was more about me accepting and embracing myself fully’

  • 13 Jun 22

New study aims to remove barriers for gay blood donation

1 in 2 takatāpui with HIV was living with their HIV infection undiagnosed.

  • 26 Apr 22

Takatāpui share their identities through public art

Posters across Tāmaki Makaurau will feature the works of Takatāpui artists for all to see from Feb 6

  • 06 Feb 22

‘Half little shit and half quite meaningful’: How I exercise my tino rangatiratanga

My tino rangatiratanga often looks like I'm desensitising myself in the face of adversity.

Petition to urgently ban conversion therapy in NZ is blowing up

Update Monday 22 February: The Government has announced it will bring forward the timeline to ban conversion therapy. “The Government has work underway to develop policy which…

  • 18 Feb 21