Kiwi Corner

Each week, Johno will run through the latest headlines concerning the New Zealand GLBT community, and play a track by a New Zealand artist.

Headlines:
- Auckland City Council has given out over $262,000 in its Community Group Assistance Fund for 2009, but all four applications from LGBT community groups have been declined. Read article here.
- Last month's glamourous Black Tie Drag Bingo night at Auckland's Hopetoun Alpha venue raised $7,032 for the Cartier Bereavement Charitable Trust - and the Trustees are "thrilled to bits" with the response to the new event. Read article here.
- Around 30 Aucklanders, and also a huge crowd of punters at K'Road's gay Naval and Family pub, participated in this collaborative video by singing along to Lily Allen's "Fuck You". Watch it here:


We played "Cruise Control" by New Zealand pop group Headless Chickens from their 1993 album Body Blow. The single was a number one hit in New Zealand and reached #26 in Australia.