Category: Events

Mar 16
Tū whakahīhī Te Whanganui-ā-Tara

The Wellington Pride Festival will be adding colour to the capital from Saturday 13 to Saturday 27 March. Oliver Hall catches up with Board Chair and Festival Team Leader Vivian Lyngdoh to find out more!  What excites you most about Wellington Pride this year? There are so many things to get excited about! We have […]

Mar 16
Wellington’s Cuba Street Precinct Set To Come Alive For CubaDupa

CubaDupa – New Zealand’s most diverse and creative street festival is set to take place on the weekend of March 27-28, 2021, making the perfect end to Summer for Wellington’s Cuba Street Precinct.  Returning to the streets with what’s being described as the most ambitious programme ever; CubaDupa will offer over 19 hours of curated […]

Mar 10
Our Guide to Wellington Pride

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 […]

Mar 09
Woof Rescheduled for Sunday 21 March

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 […]

Mar 05
Out & About: Christchurch Pride Opens With A Parade

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 […]

Feb 28
Woof! Rainbow Dog Show Postponed

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 […]

Feb 25
The Auckland Rainbow Dog Show – Woof!

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 […]

Feb 24
NZ’s First Ever Rainbow Amateur Boxing Tournament Announced

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 […]