4 Mar 2025

Pride performer wants apology from council for failing to ensure safety

From Checkpoint, 5:13 pm on 4 March 2025

A Christchurch pride performer wants an apology from the city council for failing to ensure the safety of its rainbow community at a Freedoms & Rights Coalition protest on the weekend. Georgie Lush, a drag king who performed as Tony Chestnut, said action should have been taken because the protestors used a sound system without a permit. Georgie Lush spoke to Leiataualesa Susana Lei'ataua.