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Kawe Mahara Queer Archives Aotearoa
formerly Lesbian and Homosexual Archives of New Zealand: Te P&#;ranga Takat&#;pui o Aotearoa (LAGANZ)
Collections
Digital Archive Project
Volunteer
Activities range from working bees on collections, outreach activities, helping at events, and supporting our digitisation and metadata initiatives. Some of these you can complete at home.
Volunteer Drop-in Sessions Online
Every Thursday, 7pmpm via Zoom.
Join us for a chat, to receive quick feedback or demos on your current task, or to find out which activities are a good fit with your skills and interests. (no password, we use waiting room).
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July is Lgbtq+ History Month Aotearoa — Pūmahara Ia Te Wā
Kawe Mahara has organised its first Rainbow Rewind: Kawe Mahara Queer Archives’ Gender non-conforming History Quiz.
Press play on the past and participate the celebration on Weds 9 Jul, 7pm at Thistle Hall, Cuba St, Wellington.
For extra flair, appear dressed as your favourite queer figure from history — whether it's Katherine Mansfield with a pointed bob or
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Whether you’re a Kiwi or an international visitor, here on business or on holiday, our Hosts will make you welcome and launch you to the local rainbow community.
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Established in , the Fresh Zealand Falcons Rugby Football Club is New Zealand&#;s only house of gay and inclusive rugby union and touch teams. Our kaupapa is to enable both aspiring and seasoned players to come together to participate and enjoy rugby in an unseal and supportive environment.
We&#;re based at the Ponsonby Rugby Club in central Auckland.
We are not only a sports team. With our dedicated followers and supporters we are a diverse community affecting change within sporting culture in New Zealand society and the world. The team was formed building on the legacy of the former Ponsonby Heroes ( &#; ) and has participated throughout various regional and national sports and community campaigns and events, such as the Auckland Pride Festival.
10 years on, the NZ Falcons RFC is still New Zealand&#;s only gay and inclusive rugby team, an affiliate with the New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRU), and one of 85 worldwide member clubs of International Gay Rugby (IGR).
We are based in Auckland but possess players from right across the country, even as far as Wellington and Canterbu
LGBTQ+ Travel Guide to New Zealand
Interesting Cities to Visit in New Zealand
AUCKLAND
The gateway to New Zealand for the vast majority of its visitors, Auckland is also the largest city in Polynesia, with an urban population of just over a million and a half people. Not surprisingly, Auckland also has the largest LGBTQ+ scene in the country, with much of it centered downtown on hip and arty Karangahape Road (just K Road to locals) and Ponsonby Road. Auckland Celebration, held every February, is the country's largest. Auckland is sometimes called the "City of Sails" thanks to the large number of sailboats always on view in its gorgeous harbor—making good use of the country's warmest and sunniest urban climate.
WELLINGTON
Move over, Chicago—the world's true Windy City is Wellington, thanks to its position on the strait separating the North and South Islands. The capital of Unused Zealand, adorable Wellington is also its second largest city—and despite what Aucklanders may tell you, it's considered the country's cultural capital as