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New announcement: 2025 Pride planning underway - contact us if you are a business or organisation that would like to put on an event during April Pride Month! 

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Tauranga Pride Month - April 2026

Tauranga Moana Pride Month ~
April 2026

We've got a full month of events planned and can't wait to share them with our rainbow and rainbow-ally friends - EVERYONE WELCOME!

If you'd like to host an event, get in touch with us today.

DATE 2026

EVENT

INFO

Sat 28 til Sun 1 Mar

Takatāpui Kotahitanga LGBT+ Camp Out

Rotorua Chamber of Pride, Ōkataina, $30

Thurs 2 April, 7.30pm

Rusty's The Strand Drag Bingo

Tickets $33, Rusty's The Strand

Wed 8 April, 6-8pm

Zine Workshop

Tauranga City Library, free

Fri 10 til Sun 19 April

Hamilton Pride

See website for details

Sat 11 April, 3-7pm

Miss Vibes Events ENM/Poly Pride Mingle

See website for details, $10

Sat 11 April, evening

Stand Up For Love - show

Tuatara Collective, tickets TBA, BayCourt

Sun 12 April, 3-4pm

Rainbow Reggaeton Dance Sesh - Beginner

Details to come

Thurs 16 April, 6.30pm

Queer Crafts & Chats

Historic Village, 18+, free, BYO craft project

Fri 17 April, 8pm-1am

Haus of the People! DJ R18 Dance Party

Sponsored by Tautoko Mai, tickets TBA, Totara St

Sat 18 April, evening

Queerly Talented Show

Curves o' Plenty, tickets TBA, BayCourt

Tues 21 April, 6.30-8pm

Rainbow Research Talk - University of Waikato

University of Waikato @ Tauranga Campus CBD

Fri 24 April, weekend

Gingers Bush Camp, Auckland

See website for details

Sat 25 April, 7-10pm

Pride month closing drinks & film screening

Luxe Cinemea, Tauranga, details to come

Date TBC

Kai Kahukura Community Potluck

Ōkahukura, details TBA

Ongoing: GenderDynamix

Weekly drop-in sessions

See their Instagram page for details

Ongoing: RainbowYouth

Weekly drop-in sessions

See their Instagram page for details

Ngā mihi nui to our sponsors:

Hikitia! For our Future | Tautoko Mai

Rainbow New Zealand Charitable Trust

And our supporters: Our local businesses and community, including Curves of Plenty, Luxe Cinemas, BOP Pride, BayVenues, Totara St., Rotorua Chamber of Pride, Rusty's Tauranga, Tuatara Collective, Miss Vibes Events, University of Waikato, Creative BOP, Tauranga City Libraries, Tauranga City Council, Ōkahukura, Kūwao, Aom Dance, The Incubator, Downtown Tauranga, RocketSpark, BayCourt, our poster artists Lisa.C & StabbyLuv, and to all our dedicated community volunteers at Tauranga Moana Rainbow Collective <3

And last, but not least, all those generous folks that donated to our Give A Little page to help this kaupapa, thank you!