Pride Pride Pride
Auckland Pride Month 1 February - 1 March
The main events have been announced - check the website, and the full programme is stunning. Follow on facebook.
Major events include the Big Gay Out at Coyle Park on Sunday 16 February.
The Rainbow Parade Ponsonby Road, Saturday 15th February 7:30pm - it is organised by a separate group.
Wellington Pride Festival March 7 - 23 2024
The dates for Wellington Pride Festival 2024 have been announced and the Board are calling for registration of events ... more on the Pride Festival website ... follow on facebook
Whangārei Parade and Gaÿla Saturday 22 March
Get ready to brighten up the Hatea Loop once again! Join the third annual Whangarei Pride Parade, a celebration of love, diversity, and community, followed by the fabulous Gaÿla at Putahi Park ... more on the facebook event page
Christchurch Pride Sat 1 - Mon 31 March
The dates have been announced, the programme is being worked on, and there's a registration form to register your event ... follow on chchpride.co.nz.
Auckland region:
- Charlotte Museum Te Whare Takatāpui-Wahine o Aoteaora, a lesbian
museum for New Zealand ... like their facebook page to keep up to date with their events and special exhibitions.
The Charlotte Museum has digitised their collections - their 0nline catalog is live on E-Hive.
Their Saphira Research Library & Document Archive catalogue is searchable online. - Rainbow Women's social night - last Wednesday of the month at the Auckland Women's Centre
- lesbian.co.nz - a directory and more
- aLBa (formerly Auckland Lesbian Business Association)
- EquAsian - an LGBTQI+ group for Asian Aucklanders on facebook
- Chinese Pride NZ
- Indian Origin Pride New Zealand
The Heartland:
- Birds of a Feather lesbian coffee group in Whangarei - facebook group
- Waikato Queer Women (beyond the binary) on facebook - private group - ask to join. Lots going on
- Rainbow Warriors Softball Hamilton on facebook
- Rotorua Chamber of Pride on facebook
- Pride Whanganui and join in the loop. Lesbians visiting Whanganui welcome to email and we'll meet for coffee.
- Ms Q Manawatu meets the first Friday of every month for drinks.
Are you interested in being involved in the womens LBGT community? For more information and confidential support they offer a 24 hour phone line 022 451 6617 or email malgra_lesbian_support@hotmail.com - Wellington Lesbian website - calender of activities and links to other local websites
- LILAC - the lesbian library in Wellington
- Armstrong & Arthur Charitable Trust for Lesbians - a Wellington region charitable trust
- Nelson Pride
- Christchurch lesbians - information on the Women's Centre website
Kiwi media online
FLUNK: The Exchange - Lesbian High School romance web series
Sabina and Esther's relationship is pushed to breaking point when international exchange student Annie comes to stay. The Exchange is a new feature film from the creators of Flunk. Buy or rent on Vimeo to support Flunk and see the whole film first, as well as get access to lots of exclusive behind the scenes videos.
Filmed in Auckland – FLUNK: The Exchange follows the complicated love lives of Annie (Mirene Castelltort) Sabina (Lucy Wyma – ‘Shortland Street’) and Esther (Celine Dam – ‘The Eggplant’) exploring themes including first loves, believing in yourself, and moving on from the past.
Movie Same but Different
The movie Same but Different is available to rent or buy at www.sbdmovie.com ... And watch the extra scenes after the credits with the real people who inspired the characters.
Produced by RAW Productions, Same But Different: A True New Zealand Love Story follows Rachel, a single working Grey Lynn mum, who breaks a three-year spell of singledom to pursue her escalating feelings for Nikki, whom she meets at a Maori film festival. Things don’t go according to plan, with Rachel’s awkward first romantic attempts fumbling into a sequence of embarrassing events, and her ex-lover, Rob, turning up. With all hope gone, it’s Rachel’s humanitarian efforts that eventually grab Nikki’s attention, and the two finally connect. Based on Kiwi-Samoan writer/director Nikki Si’ulepa's and producer Rachel Aneta Wills’ journey in pursuit of true love.
Pot Luck webseries Season two
Pot Luck, a kiwi lesbian TV webseries Season two launched on 10th December 2017. Both series 1
and series 2 are available on youtube
So no one told you life was gonna be this GAY - interview with
Lil O'Brien
An interview with Lil O'Brien, author of Not that I'd kiss a girl, an account of her experience growing up lesbian in New Zealand. The interview is a long read but excellent - as is the book which is available at LILAC library in Wellington and all good public libraries and book shops.
PrideNZ audio and digital archive
PrideNZ.com is a community website exploring the voices and opinions of Aotearoa New Zealand's rainbow communities through over 600 audio recordings of interviews and of local LGBTI events. Plus there are transcripts, images and video available - some historically important such as Parliamentay debates. More recordings are added regularly.
The On This Day page has a rich mix of rainbow life - from today to events that happened over 100 years ago.
Takatāpui resources
Two booklets by Elizabeth Kerekere are available online and to download at takatāpui.nz, a resource hub for Takatāpui and their whānau
Travel and outdoor holidays
- Women Travel New Zealand - essential information for the woman traveller visiting New Zealand.
- Sidetracks women - guided outdoors adventures.
- New Zealand Awaits - small group trips and bespoke adventures.
- Women's Adventures NZ - more outdoors adventures.
Lesbian News Aotearoa
Alas and Woe ...
Lesbian News Aotearoa ceased publication in 2018 when their group became too small. The historical archive of articles is still on the website but the Social, Support and Dyke Diary pages are no more. Very sad ... but their facebook page is worth following esp for Auckland notices
Quality care for lesbian, gay and bisexual residents in aged care facilities
A kit created by the School of Nursing at The University of Auckland in collaboration with a working group drawn from the aged care sector and the Auckland LGB community is available at dropbox. It a short video, training workbooks for facilitators and participants, and guidelines on caring for LGB residents.
Social media places
A selection of the facebook groups that may be of interest - most are private groups that you need to join.