Naming New Zealand

Naming New Zealand is an organisation to help transgender, gender diverse and intersex youth with updating their identity documents to correctly reflect their sex and gender.

We provide resources about the process of correcting identity documents within New Zealand, connect trans youth with organisations that can help, and assist with the costs of making these important changes.

Our Goals

- Fundraising for name changes, passports, birth certificates and other identity documents for people with diverse gender identities
- Provide and keep up-to-date resources to support identity document applications
- Acting as a connection to other available support
- Work with other groups to increase our impact
- Target Greater Wellington Region youth

Pink Shirt Day

Pink Shirt Day is a national campaign aimed to raise awareness about the power to prevent bullying. Pink Shirt Day aims to reduce bullying by celebrating diversity and promoting the development of positive social relationships. An annual event celebrated throughout New Zealand and the world, Pink Shirt Day helps to create a New Zealand where all people feel safe, valued and respected.

The event began in Nova Scotia, Canada, in 2007, when a group of students stood up to defend a young person who was bullied because he was wearing a pink shirt. The students took a stand by all wearing pink shirts to show solidarity, and handing out pink shirts to their classmates.

Working together to bring you Pink Shirt Day

- Mental Health Foundation
- Rainbow Youth
- Q-topia
- QSA Aotearoa
- Peace Foundation

Auckland Women's Centre

The Auckland Women's Centre aims to provide affordable, quality welfare and support services, personal development educational opportunities, and collective advocacy on women’s issues.

Monthly Rainbow Women’s social group - alternating board games and dvds on the last Wednesday of every month.

Questioning? and more… a facilitated support group for women who are questioning their sexual orientation.  The group runs for 7 weeks and is designed to be supportive, safe, non-judgemental women's space where you can ask questions and talk about same sex attraction.

Counselling sessions are by appointment. Fees are negotiated on a sliding scale of $40-$80 taking account of your income.

Rediscovering James Courage

A new collection has been published to honour the memory and raise awareness about a man who could be considered New Zealand's own Oscar Wilde, James Courage, our very own gay, but sidelined, literary icon.

In 1959 Courage published the first gay novel by a New Zealander, A Way of Love, which told the story of a relationship between two men.