Category: Events
Every year, the Wellington Pride Festival holds 100+ diverse, community-led events in the greater Wellington region. With the festival taking over the capital city for two weeks from 13 – 27 March, this month we look at some of the major events planned, so you can mark your calendars! HE TĀNGATA In 2021, Wellington Pride […]
The Auckland Rainbow Dog Show – Woof! will now take place on Sunday 21 March, celebrating the ninth anniversary of this family-friendly event. “One of the things I love most about Woof! is that it really does draw every colour of the Rainbow and beyond,” Oates enthusiastically tells us, describing Woof’s every increasing attendance. “It’s […]
The launch of a rainbow art installation, a ribbon cutting by the deputy mayor and a tram-led parade, opened the Christchurch Pride Festival today. [ngg src=”galleries” ids=”1774″ display=”slideshow”]At the ribbon cutting Christchurch Pride Board representative Jill Stevens said: It’s so wonderful to see Cashel St, and so many business celebrating equality, diversity and love. I […]
The annual and hugely popular Woof! Rainbow Dog Show has been postponed following the latest Alert Level changes across Aotearoa. Event organiser Steven Oats says, “We know that peoples and pooches health and wellbeing absolutely comes first and we know we are living in unusual times.” “Once things settle down again and the situation becomes […]
Former Queer Nation presenter Steven Oates’ has organised and presented The Auckland Rainbow Dog Show – Woof! since 2013. He talks to Oliver Hall about bringing this family-friendly event back for its ninth year on Sunday 7 March. “One of the things I love most about Woof! is that it really does draw every colour […]
Former boxing judge Benjamin Thomas Watt of Rainbow Boxing New Zealand has announced the beginning of the annual LGBTIQ+ amateur boxing event “Rainbow Gloves” which will be held in Auckland in February 2022. The event will be the first of its kind in New Zealand where people can compete regardless of Sexuality, Gender Identity, Religious […]
Express takes an exclusive look at biggest Pride festival Christchurch has ever hosted. Taking over the Garden City from 5 – 13 March. Here are a sprinkling of our picks from a must-see festival. Friday 5 FriGay Drinks Hosted by Christchurch LGBT Social at The Terrace from 5pm, this free event will be the perfect […]
Following on from the latest shift in Covid Alert Levels, The Auckland Rainbow Parade along with The Ponsonby Street Festival will now take place on March 13. Organisers say that the Parade will kick off at the slightly later time of 6 pm and run through until 7 pm while the Ponsonby Street Festival will […]