On the Fringe – Jayran interview

Auckland Fringe Festival Auckland Fringe is an open access pan arts festival that aims to provide a platform for practitioners to present innovative work in an environment of artistic freedom and to enable audiences to access these eclectic arts experiences. The first Auckland Fringe was held in 2009 and was initiated in partnership between THE…

Gay red shirt day

The Big Gay Out, the largest gay pride event in New Zealand, was held again this year in Auckland early in February.  John Key was in attendance, as he has been for the past six years, and gave a short speech on his support for the Marriage Amendment Bill. However this year Key wasn’t quite…

Welcome back! – When is older too old?

DPSN is officially up and running for 2013 and we’re excited to be back!  Last year, we increased our online presence to help promote news, events and opinion pieces around the themes of diversity, creativity and social change.  This year we aim to expand on this further and we have some great ways for you…