He was posing in a headscarf and workshirt as the iconic World War Two pin-up Rosie the Riveter outside Wellington's St Gerard's monastery when a priest came out to watch the photoshoot.

"The priest came out from the church and stood next to the photographer, smiling. That was definitely very awkward, Eising said.

Eising has never done drag before, but got a great response from friends and family, he said. "I got told I looked pretty."

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