There are a mammoth 203 events planned in all corners of Tāmaki Makaurau for Auckland Pride month.
With its largest programme ever, Auckland Pride have added over 150 events, showcasing the diversity and excitement of the city s rainbow communities to come together to celebrate and fight for progress.
Pride Festival director Max Tweedie said the festival was important for representation.
He said that people had become complacent since same-sex marriage became legal in New Zealand in 2013. I think what is missing is the conversations around our transgender diverse community, our intersex community, but also our Māori Pasifika and migrant rainbow communities as well. Along with our disabled queer communities.
Auckland Pride expands to a full month for the first time
2 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM
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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Labour MP Louisa Wall together at the Big Gay Out at Coyle Park, Point Chevalier, in Auckland last year. Photo / File
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By: Ethan Sills
Auckland Pride Festival was one of the few major cultural festivals that made it to the stage in 2020 – and one year on, it s among the first to return to Auckland, bigger than ever and leading the way on Covid-19 preparedness.
While many festivals have downsized as a result of lockdown, Auckland Pride is going to a full month for the first time, and expanding across the city with 203 events celebrating the city s rainbow community.
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Press Release – Auckland Pride Festival The first wave of the open-access programme from Auckland Pride Festival 2021 has just gone live, with an incredible range of community created events spanning right across the city. Extending to the full month of February for the very first time, …
The first wave of the open-access programme from
Auckland Pride Festival 2021 has just gone live, with an incredible range of community created events spanning right across the city. Extending to the full month of February for the very first time, the community has embraced the 2021 theme – ‘Karanga Atu, Karanga Mai’ – responding with calls of activism, celebration, inclusivity, representation and more.