Featured Gay Friendly Accommodations: Great Ponsonby Arthotel, Auckland,...
Periodically we’ll feature one of our properties here to let our readers know about some great gay friendly places to stay. Greek Omlettes to Die for: Legendary breakfasts, vibrant colours and art...
View Article“Down Under” adventure
This is my first blog posting so hopefully the excitement and thrill of the subject overcompensates for my as-yet-to-be fully honed blogging skills. My partner and I spent 3 amazing weeks in New...
View ArticleFeatured Gay Friendly Accommodations: Hadley Park B&B, Red Beach, North...
Periodically we’ll feature one of our properties here to let our readers know about some great gay friendly places to stay. Lovely Home, Stunning location, Great Hosts: Enjoy our quality B&B on the...
View ArticleExploring Gay New Zealand
from Google MapsNew Zealand just passed full marriage equality at a national level. Now Joseph Pedro checks out this very gay friendly South Pacific country. Passport Magazine reports: I’m curving...
View ArticleNew Zealand Bed & Breakfast Turns Away Lesbian Couple
Yet another bed and breakfast turning away a same sex couple – this one in New Zealand. Gay Star News reports: The Pilgrim Planet Lodge in Whangarei turned away Jane Collison, 30, and Paula Knight, 45,...
View ArticleQueenstown, New Zealand’s Gay Ski Week Kicks Off This Weekend
With only days to go until the opening event, things are full steam ahead for organisers of the 2013 DNA Gay Ski Week Queenstown. Known as the Southern Hemisphere’s largest Winter Pride event, hundreds...
View ArticleAuckland Gay Pride to Start Later in 2014
The Auckland Pride Festival Trust is pleased to announce the official route and new start time for next year’s Auckland Pride Parade 2014. The Auckland Pride Parade 2014 will start at the later time of...
View ArticleOut in the Square Comes to Wellington January 18th
Out in the Square 2014 will be held on Saturday 18 January, an all-day event in Wellington’s Civic Square featuring stalls, food, entertainment, and fun in the sun. Out in the Square is an annual...
View ArticlePoliticians Join the Crowds at New Zealand’s Big Gay Out
from Google MapsThey came by the thousands in body paint, drag costumes and even rainbow-coloured onesies to celebrate their sexuality at New Zealand’s largest gay pride event. Being election year,...
View ArticleQueenstown’s Gay Ski Week to Be Bigger Than Ever
Hot on the heels of Queenstown becoming a gay wedding hotspot, the organisers of the resort’s Gay Ski Week have organised international travel prizes bound to grow the event’s global profile. Hundreds...
View ArticleQueenstown Rocks in the Snow
It is hard to imagine a more beautiful place than Queenstown on the South Island of New Zealand, and it is hard to imagine a better time to visit than during Gay Ski Week. Situated on the stunning Lake...
View ArticleVisiting Rotorua, New Zealand
A must visit for the culture-loving traveler seeking to get a taste of indigenous Maori heritage. Of course, like the rest of the country, Rotorua has a visually stunning landscape that’s also very...
View ArticleForget Rainbow Crosswalks. Wellington Has Gay ATMs!
Sedate inner-city banking has been transformed with ANZ unveiling four fabulous “GAYTMs” in Auckland and Wellington to celebrate diversity and inclusion for New Zealand’s rainbow community. Dripping...
View ArticleSpeed Dating Planned for New Zealand Gay Ski Week
DNA Gay Ski Week organizers have revealed a special speed-dating event at this year’s queer winter sport festival in Queenstown, New Zealand. The planners will team up with the Highlands Motorsport...
View ArticleFeatured Gay Friendly Accommodations: Marlborough’s Diva DeLuxe B&B,...
Periodically we’ll feature one of our properties here to let our readers know about some great gay friendly places to stay. Welcome to Marlborough’s Diva DeLuxe Bed and Breakfast. Marlborough is a...
View ArticleFeatured Gay Friendly Tour Operator: New Zealand Awaits
Periodically we’ll feature one of our properties here to let our readers know about some great gay friendly places to stay. New Zealand Awaits is the only New Zealand and lesbian owned and operated...
View ArticleDolly Travels: Auckland, New Zealand
Kia Ora, Hello, or welcome, to New Zealand. I hope you are ready to share this magnificent country with me. Unfortunately, for you, your experience will be what I hope I can convey through my writing,...
View ArticleDolly Travels: From Auckland to Rotorua
Hello, or Kia Ora, Oh, there is so much to tell you about this wonderful country of New Zealand, I find that I must write something before I go to sleep tonight. We had a beautiful drive down from...
View ArticleDolly Travels: Rotorua
Kia Ora, Yesterday, we had a very full day in Rotorua. Our wake-up call came at 0630. Right after breakfast, we boarded our bus, and drove up to Waimangu Volcanic valley. Our group was met at the...
View ArticleCity Sundays: Auckland, New Zealand
Hey all, We’re launching a new weekly series on the blog and our Facebook travel groups – City Sundays. Each week we’ll select a different LGBT friendly city to talk about, and we’ll invite our...
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