LAUNCH PARTY: the official, deliciously spicy warm-up for the 2026 Auckland Pride Festival 𝐍𝐠ā 𝐔𝐫𝐢 𝐄! 🔥🪩 The temperatures rising and this line up is just begging for the hotties to come out and play!  📍 East Street Hall 🕚 Friday, 5 December | 11PM—Late 🆓 FREE!! #AucklandPrideFestival2026 #NgāUriE

Too often, artists and creatives give more than they get. This Pride Develops workshop is about setting boundaries, valuing your work, and navigating contracts and collaborations with confidence. Walk away feeling empowered to protect your mahi and ensure Pride is a celebration — not a burnout.

🔔 REMINDER: 30 Nov is our Print Programme deadline! If you’re planning events for Auckland Pride Festival 2026, submit them to us by this date to be included in our Print Programme. Link in bio Any questions, email to [email protected] #aucklandpride #AucklandPrideFestival2026

Want 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗲 for your #AucklandPrideFestival2026 events? You can host them here or at your local Proud Centres for free! ⏰ REMINDER: Register your event now and inquire about #ProudCentres near you (link in bio) by 30 November to have your events featured in our Print Programme. 💖

We’re standing up for trans rights. 🏳️‍⚧️ The Guiding Principles for Trans Inclusion were developed by community, for community. The government threw that away without any consultation. That’s not fair. For more information: aucklandpride.org.nz/auckland-pri...

The language of the law and human rights isn’t always easy to understand - but the kaupapa is clear. It’s about doing what’s right and it’s about upholding the mana of our communities by treating everyone with dignity and respect.

We’re standing up for trans rights. Auckland Pride is taking the Government to Court because we don’t think it’s fair the Minister is making decisions without thinking about the rights of our trans, rainbow and takatāpui communities. More info: aucklandpride.org.nz/auckland-pri...

⏰ REMINDER: You can still get 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗲 at Proud Centres for your Auckland Pride Festival 2026 events! Register your event now and inquire about Proud Centres (link in bio)! Register by 30/11/25 to have your event featured in our Print Programme. 💖🏛️🏫🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ #ProudCentres #AucklandPrideFestival2026

Trans people have ALWAYS existed and WIll ALWAYS remain. 🏳️‍⚧️ #translivesmatter #transrightsarehumanrights #aotearoa #newzealand Images by: Becki Moss

Transgender Day of Remembrance honours the lives of transgender and gender-diverse people that were lost in acts of anti-transgender violence, and raises awareness about the ongoing violence and discrimination our trans siblings, especially trans women of colour, face. 🏳️‍⚧️ #TransgenderDayofRemembrance

Looking for a space to programme your event for Auckland Pride Festival 2026? You can get 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗲 at Proud Centres venues in your neighbourhood! Inquire about a Proud Centres venue near you, and register your events now! (link in bio) 💖🏛️🏫🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ #ProudCentres #AucklandPrideFestival2026

𝐍𝐠ā 𝐔𝐫𝐢 𝐄! We are all descendants of movements: of our ancestors’ journeys across oceans, of struggles that have shaped our present, of whakapapa that binds tāngata whenua, tauiwi, and manuhiri together in Tāmaki Makaurau.  #AucklandPrideFestival2026 #AucklandPride #NgāUriE

Dog days might be over, but you can still get 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗲 at Proud Centres for your Auckland Pride Festival 2026 events! Inquire about a Proud Centres venue near you, and register your events now! (link in bio) 💕🏛️🏫🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ #proudcentres #aucklandpride #aucklandpridefestival2026

Happy Transgender Awareness Week, whānau 🏳️‍⚧️💕🤍🩵 #TransgenderAwarenessWeek #MsAotearoaWhakawahine

Organising an event in your neighbourhood for Auckland Pride Festival 2026? Get FREE venue hire at a Proud Centres venue near you! Registrations open now for Auckland Pride Festival 2026: eventotron.com/login.php?pa... #ProudCentres #AucklandPrideFestival2026 #aucklandpride #ProudCentresEvents

We are so grateful to everyone who supported our 2025 GiveOUT Day campaign. Together, we raised $5,656 to fuel a thriving queer arts ecology in Aotearoa. ♥️ #giveoutday #giveoutday2025 #queerarts

🔔 REMINDER: Our 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝟭𝟬𝟭: 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗠𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 #PrideDevelops Workshop is on Tuesday 11 November at 6PM at The D*List Community Hub. 💚 Image by: Chanel Matautia-Morgan #AccessibilityWorkshop #AucklandPrideFestival2026 #AccessibleEvents

Intersex Day of Remembrance or Intersex Day of Solidarity honours intersex people who have passed away and raising awareness about human rights issues the intersex community faces globally. 💛💜

Auckland Pride’s GiveOUT Day campaign is your chance to fuel the future of queer art. Whether you're buying tickets to queer shows, attending Auckland Pride Festival or donating directly every action helps queer art thrive when you show up. Donate now: aucklandpride.org.nz/event-regist...

Dig deep and support the future of queer art with Auckland Pride! Every dollar counts, and is match funded thanks to Rainbow New Zealand Charitable Trust. #GiveOUTDay2025 #GiveOUTDay #AucklandPride #QueerArts

Mark your calendars for Thursday 06 November! Every dollar you give will be matched up to $40,000. Your donation directly supports a thriving queer arts ecology in Aotearoa. Double your impact and help us keep queer creativity shining bright. #GiveOUTDay2025 #AucklandPride #QueerArts

We’ve just put together a resource for event registration to our 2026 Auckland Pride Festival: aucklandpride.org.nz/event-regist... #PrideEvent #AucklandPrideFestival2026 #aucklandpride

We participating in GiveOUT Day! On November 6, Auckland Pride’s GiveOUT Day campaign is your chance to fuel the future of queer art.

Accessibility isn’t just nice to have — it’s essential. Join Arts Access Aotearoa and Auckland Pride for a practical workshop on how to make your event welcoming and inclusive for everyone, including disabled and neurodiverse communities.

Happy #IntersexAwarenessDay! Today aims to celebrate #Intersexuality, raise awareness, and advocate for intersex human rights globally, particularly bodily integrity and self-determination. We would like to spotlight www.intersexaotearoa.org and the amazing mahi they do; follow them to learn more.

Happy Asexual Awareness Week (Ace Week)! This week aims to create a more inclusive and accepting environment for asexual people by celebrating the diverse experiences within the ace community and challenging myths and misconceptions surrounding asexuality.

🔔 REMINDER: Our last Proud Centres Community Programming Workshop is this evening! ⏰ 20 Oct | 6-7:30PM 📍Onehunga Community Centre Come and find out how you can get FREE venue for your events for 2026 Auckland Pride Festival!

Happy International Pronouns Day! Today emphasises the importance of making pronoun sharing and education common practice. It raises awareness that using the pronouns someone chooses for themselves is a fundamental act of dignity and helps create a more inclusive and affirming environment for all.

Got a big, bold, or beautiful idea for the 2026 Auckland Pride Festival? Now’s the time to get it funded! There are several open grants making decisions 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭, including: - Auckland Council Quick Response Grants: closing in late Oct - Local Board Grants: closing 24 Oct

Our last Proud Centres Community Programming Workshop is for our 𝗘𝗮𝘀𝘁 & 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 rōpū! If you’re looking for 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗲𝘀 in 𝗘𝗮𝘀𝘁 & 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝘂𝗰𝗸𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 and additional local board funding to support your 2026 Auckland Pride Festival events, join us:

Happy International Coming Out Day! As we celebrate, we’d also like to reframe the discussion of one’s identity as Inviting In—a term popularised by National Black Justice Coalition. Inviting In shifts the power to you;

Our third Proud Centres Community Programming Workshop is for our 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹 whānau! If you’re looking for 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗲𝘀 in 𝗔𝘂𝗰𝗸𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹 and additional local board funding to support your 2026 Auckland Pride Festival events, join us:

Happy International Lesbian Day, whānau! Today we celebrate and honour the abundant history and legacy that our lesbian, sapphic, and wāhine takatāpui communities have held and embodied in our collective movement. 🧡🤍💖 #InternationalLesbianDay #lesbian #lesbianpride

🚨 𝗨𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 🚨 Queer, trans, takatāpui, Māori, migrant, disabled, and working-class communities have always relied on protest to survive — to demand to be seen, to be safe, to be free. This Bill would criminalise that.

Our second Proud Centres Community Programming Workshop is out 𝙎𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙝! If you’re looking for 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗲𝘀 in 𝙎𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙝 𝙎𝙞𝙙𝙚 and additional local board funding to support your 2026 Auckland Pride Festival events, join us:

Join us and Auckland Council Teams to learn about how you can access Proud Centres as 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗲𝘀 and additional local board funding to support your events in the 2026 Auckland Pride Festival. Our first one will be for our whānau living out 𝗪𝗲𝘀𝘁 or on the 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗲!

Arts and creativity reflect the stories, languages and cultures that make our communities unique. They connect us across generations, help us learn from each other, and ensure every voice has a place.

Auckland Pride is Aotearoa’s largest celebration of Takatāpui and Rainbow creativity, identity, and community — and it’s powered by you. Registrations are now open for Auckland Pride Festival 2026! (Link in bio) More exciting information to come next week! 🌈🏳️‍⚧️🤎🖤♥️

Come along to our FREE workshops with Auckland Council and find out how you can access 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗲𝘀 for your upcoming Auckland Pride Festival events in 2026.

Bicons! We’re looking directly at you! We see you, and we love you! 💖💜💙 #Bisexual #bivisibilityday #BisexualAwarenessWeek

As we are coming to the end of Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori this year, we want to reflect on the power of collective memories, of honouring historical sites, and of reclamation through stories and waiata.

In our 2025 Festival, our Pride Empowerment recipient, 𝘘𝘶𝘦𝘦𝘳 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘛𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘢 𝘗𝘢𝘶𝘭 and @samesame.aotearoa invited and empowered families to bring their children to, and engage in queer literature for all-ages. #aucklandpride #prideempowerment #childrenbook #library #proudcentres #librarybook

Mahuru Māori Challenge Day 25: Find three new resources – books, podcasts, TV shows, etc – to support you on your reo journey. Share them with a friend. 1. Learning through waiata 2. Te Arawhata newsletter 3. Everyday Māori podcast Join us and accept the challenge at: www.mahurumaori.com

Event registration for Auckland Pride Festival 2026 opens next week, so watch this space! Open Access events are the life force of our Festival, and we can’t wait to see the joy, creativity, and celebration that our communities are programming next year across Tāmaki Makaurau! ♥️🌈🏳️‍⚧️🤎🖤💐

Mahuru Māori Challenge Day 24: Write out a simple karakia to say before meals. Say it with your coworkers, whānau, or friends at each meal today. Join us and accept the challenge at: www.mahurumaori.com #tereomāori #tāmakimakaurau #Aotearoa #mahurumāori #māori #tewikiotereomaori #taonga

Today marks the start of Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori 2025 — the 50th Anniversary of a movement dedicated to the celebration and revitalisation of te reo Māori. Kia Kaha te Reo Māori 🖤🤍❤️ #tereomāori #languagerevitalisation #Aotearoa #indigenous

Voting is NOW OPEN! Want the Auckland that the Tākatāpui and Rainbow Communities deserve? We need YOUR voice in the upcoming elections. Vote Actually helps turn good intentions into action - with perfectly timed reminders that work.

Mahuru Māori Challenge Day 19: Write down the days of the week in te reo Māori and practice using them today. Join us and accept the challenge at: www.mahurumaori.com #tereomāori #tāmakimakaurau #Aotearoa #mahurumāori #māori #maori #māoriTikTok #tewikiotereomaori #taonga #aucklandpride

ICYMI, here are the funding opportunities included in our Sep newsletter! For more info regarding each individual funding, please contact the institutions providing/facilitating them directly. Sign up as an Auckland Pride member now to receive monthly funding updates membership.aucklandpride.org.nz

Mahuru Māori Challenge Day 18: Learn to count to 20 in te reo Māori. The Counting Countesses of Karangahape Road are here, so follow along! Join us and accept the challenge at: www.mahurumaori.com #tereomāori #tāmakimakaurau #Aotearoa #mahurumāori #māori #tewikiotereomaori #taonga #aucklandpride