Support Services
Below is a list of services that provide the LGBTQI+ community safe and respectful support and connection.
Gender Dynamix
Meeting the specific mental health, transitional, & community needs of the Transgender and Nonbinary community of the Bay of Plenty.
Rainbow Youth
Rainbow Youth works with young people, their whānau and their wider communities to provide safe and respectful support.
Hohou te Rongo Kahukura
Hohou te Rongo Kahukura are dedicated to building Takatāpui and Rainbow communities in Aotearoa New Zealand free of family, partner, and sexual violence.
Body Positive
Provides a broad range of services for people living with HIV in New Zealand in an attempt to break down the sense of isolation HIV+ people often experience and to build a sense of well-being.
Rainbow Path
Advocacy and peer support group for the rights of Rainbow refugees and asylum seekers living in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Rainbow Hub Waikato
Rainbow Hub Waikato is a non-profit organisation that exists to promote safe and welcoming spaces and support for sex, gender and sexually diverse people in the Waikato.
Ginger's Pop-ups
Lesbian Pop-Up moving across NZ
Ginger’s celebrates lesbian and sapphic culture & is a space for everyone under the LGBTQIA+ umbrella.
Ōkahukura
A collective art studio based on decolonisation, liberation and creative freedom with an emphasis on amplifying Māori, Indigenous and queer worx.
Police support
With support from our local Diversity Liaison Officer, we aim to keep ourselves and our families safe. Link to view rainbow communities family harm resources.
Safe Space Alliance
LGBTQI+ led nonprofit organisation that aims to help people identify, navigate, and create safe spaces for LGBTQI+ communities worldwide.
Tautoko Mai
Tautoko Mai provides support for everyone affected by sexual harm. They offer free, 24-hour sexual harm support services.
Phone 0800 227 233 (0800 2B SAFE)
OUTLine NZ
An all-ages rainbow mental health organisation providing free support to the rainbow community, their friends, whānau, and those questioning.
InsideOUT
National organisation with the vision for all rainbow young people in Aotearoa New Zealand to have a sense of safety and belonging in their schools and communities.
Te Ngākau Kahukura
National initiative that works to make communities, environments and systems more safe and inclusive for rainbow people.
Gender Minorities Aotearoa
Nationwide transgender organisation in New Zealand offering information, advocacy, and wrap around support.
Taupō Pride
Our goal is to enhance and deepen Rainbow connections within our community and wider districts.
Rotorua Chamber of Pride
We’re local, rainbow whānau, who love Rotorua, and organising stuff for people like us LGBTIQ+
The Incubator Hub
Supporting creatives and enriching communities in Tauranga with experiences accessible to all from grassroots up.
Tauranga City Libraries
Connect into a directory of resources and local events for the whole family.
BOP PRIDE
Providing fun and supportive spaces for the LGBTQIA+ community to find each other and connect within the Bay of Plenty.
Charlotte Museum Auckland
The Charlotte Museum Te Whare Takatāpui-Wāhine o Aotearoa, is a museum dedicated to lesbian histories. It is the only museum in the world dedicated solely to lesbian culture and history.
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