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The albatross pair are looking after their new chick (Photo: James Preston)

New chick for lesbian albatrosses

A pair of lesbian royal albatrosses in New Zealand have welcomed their first chick into the world. The couple, who live at Royal Albatross Colony on South Island, are not unique, but it is particularly unusual for lesbian albatrosses to successfully incubate an egg.

The gym owner said he wanted to stir up debate

Gym owner apologises for 'soy makes kids gay' email

The owner of a New Zealand gym franchise has apologised after including an article on soy turning children gay in his email newsletter.

Beenie Man will no longer play the scheduled gigs

'Homophobic' Beenie Man concerts axed in Australia and New Zealand

A string of concerts by Jamaican reggae star Beenie Man have been cancelled after organisers faced a wave of protest from gay rights groups. Big Day Out said his appearance would "mar" the festival for many people.

Beenie Man denied being homophobic

New Zealand festival under pressure over homophobic reggae star Beenie Man

Big Day Out, the New Zealand music festival, is under pressure to ban a Jamaican reggae artist from performing at the event. Beenie Man has a number of songs which mention killing gays and lesbians.

The survey found worrying levels of self-harm (Photo: made-underground)

New Zealand study finds half of gay and bi students have self-harmed

A study of gay and bisexual teenagers in New Zealand has suggested that half of them have deliberately harmed themselves in the past year.

More than two-thirds said homosexuality was morally acceptable

Over a third of New Zealanders say homosexuality is 'morally wrong'

A small survey of New Zealand residents has found that 39 per cent believe homosexuality is morally wrong. The research was carried out by UMR, which conducted telephone interviews with 750 people.

The New Zealand parliament unanimously passed the bill at its first reading

New Zealand moves to abolish gay panic defence

A bill to abolish the so-called 'gay panic defence' has passed its first reading in New Zealand's parliament. The Crimes Provocation Repeal Amendment Bill was unanimously passed on Tuesday night.

Ronald James Brown was killed with a banjo

Gay New Zealand man beaten to death with banjo

The trial of a Hungarian tourist who allegedly killed a 69-year-old gay man with a banjo has begun today in the Auckland High Court.

The man has been named as Glenn Richard Albert Mills

Identity of New Zealand man who 'deliberately infected partners with HIV' revealed

The identity of a New Zealand man accused of deliberately infecting his sexual partners with HIV has been revealed by a court.

The survey found gay teenagers are more likely to suffer depression (Photo bhernandez)

New Zealand survey finds gay teenagers at risk

A survey of more than 9,000 students has found that gay teenagers are more likely than their straight peers to be affected by depression, suicide and self-harm.

















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