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• THE BT LGBTQ BARS AND CLUBS AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND ROW OF SHOPS, RTRANTS AND BARS, AUCKLAND | © CLDE KLODIEN / ALAMY STOCK PHOTO JOE COAT 23 JUNE 2021 COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT AUCKLAND HAS, BY QUE A DISTANCE, THE MOST EXTENSIVE AND ECLECTIC LGBTQ SCENE ALL OF NEW ZEALAND. THE BIGGT CY THE UNTRY IS HOME TO MYRIAD BARS, CLUBS, BARET VENU AND EVENTS TERG TO THE LGBTQ MUNY. DELVE TO OUR GUI AND CHECK OUT CULTURE TRIP’S TOP CHOIC FOR LGBTQ BARS AND CLUBS NEW ZEALAND’S BIG SMOKE. VIEW ALL TRIPS FAY BAR AND CLUB BAR, NIGHTCLUB, OCEANIAN SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT A LEGENDARY FIXTURE OF AUCKLAND’S LGBTQ CLUB SCENE AND FELY ONE OF THE MOST INIC BARS ON K’ROAD, FAY BAR IS PARTICULARLY KNOWN FOR S FUN, CLIVE AND OCSNALLY NGHTY NATURE. ALONG WH A BUMPG NIGHTCLUB CROWD, KARAOKE NIGHTS ARE A REGULAR SPECIALY. FROM DRAG QUEENS TO DANCG QUEENS, THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST ENTERTAG AND POPULAR LGBTQ SPOTS THE CY. GAR STATN CAFE, RTRANT, OCEANIAN SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT SERVG WOOD-FIRED PIZZA WEDNDAY TO SUNDAY WH A FUN WE LIST AND NZ CRAFT BEER – THOUGH THEIR WEEKEND BNCH IS ALSO WORTH PULLG YOURSELF OUT OF BED FOR – GAR STATN HAS BEEN FLYG THE RABOW FLAG FOR A WHILE NOW. NOT ONLY IS THIS A GREAT PLACE TO PICK UP A TASTY BREAKFAST, BNCH OR LUNCH, BUT YOU N GRAB DNER ON THE WEEKENDS AND THEN TAKE ONE OF THEIR SHOWS THEIR AWOME MUNY THEATRE. THE EAGLE BAR BAR, LGBTQ BAR, OCEANIAN SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT © MONSTER VALLEY LERALLY RIGHT ACROSS THE ROAD OM FAY BAR AND CLUB IS ANOTHER ONE OF K’ROAD’S EXCELLENT LGBTQ VENU. THE EAGLE BAR IS MORE LOW-KEY THAN S ENERGETIC, SOMEWHAT CRAZY NEIGHBOUR, BUT THAT’S NOT TO SAY ’S ANY LS FUN OR APPEALG. IN FACT, THE EAGLE BAR IS A GREAT PLACE TO START YOUR NIGHT BEFORE HEADG OVER THE ROAD AND REALLY LETTG YOUR HAIR DOWN. A GREAT PLACE FOR CKTAILS AND NVERSATNS, YOU N EVEN CHOOSE YOUR OWN MIC ON THE JEBOX. EPIC MOROCCO FROM ANCIENT CI TO THE SAHARA, EMBRACE CULTURAL RICH AND ENCHANTG LANDSP NORTH AI. VIEW TRIP GOOD TIM BAR BAR, LGBTQ BAR, OCEANIAN, THAI SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT ONE OF AUCKLAND’S – AND K’ROAD’S, OF URSE – NEWT LGBTQ BARS, GOOD TIM, IS A PLACE WHERE ALL SORTS OF FOLK E TOGETHER THE PURSU OF A GREAT NIGHT OUT. WHETHER YOU’RE A LOL, TRAVELLER, QUEER OR STRAIGHT, THIS BAR WON’T DISAPPOT. THEY HAVE SOME EXCELLENT CKTAILS FOR YOU TO SIP ON AS WELL AS SOME YUMMY THAI FGER-FOOD. IF YOU’RE ON K’ROAD THEN MAKE SURE YOU SWG BY GOOD TIM TO SAMPLE ONE OF THEIR TOP-CLASS MARGARAS. CALUZZI BAR & CABARET BAR, RTRANT, OCEANIAN SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT COURTY OF CALUZZI CABARET CALUZZI IS NEW ZEALAND’S ORIGAL DRAG BARET BAR & RTRANT, AND HAS WON AWARDS TO BACK UP S REPUTATN ON THE LGBTQ SCENE. EXPECT A FUN, OVER-THE-TOP NIGHT OUT WH EXUBERANT STUM, ENTERTAMENT AND SOME GREAT FOOD, TOO. IF YOU FANCY DOG SOMETHG A LTLE DIFFERENT ON YOUR WEEKEND OUT THEN CALUZZI IS WELL WORTH CHECKG OUT. THE FACT THAT YOU N ENJOY A GREAT DNER WHILE TAKG A UNIQUE SHOW EXPLAS WHY THIS JOT HAS BEEN SO POPULAR FOR SO LONG. BEE A CULTURE TRIPPER! SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER TO SAVE UP TO 40% ON OUR UNIQUE TRIPS. SIGN UP SEE PRIVACY POLICY. SPQR BAR, RTRANT, ITALIAN, ATRALIAN, FN SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT QUTSENTIALLY AUCKLAND, WH LIC FOOD AN UPSLE-YET-SUAL ENVIRONMENT, SPQR THE HEART OF PONSONBY IS POPULAR FOR S SUN-DRENCHED OUTDOOR SEATG, AS WELL A PRIME SPOT TO START A NIGHT OUT WH NOVATIVE CKTAILS. ALTHOUGH SPQR IS NOT AN OUT AND OUT GAY BAR, IS EXTREMELY POPULAR AMONG THE LGBTQ CROWD, AND THE RIPPED TORSO ON THE SIGN IS SOMEWHAT OF A GIVEAWAY. IF YOU’RE TO GREAT FOOD AND FANTASTIC WE THEN YOU SHOULD FELY SWG BY SPQR. VOLNIC ICELAND EPIC TRIP MEET OUR LOL INSIR HANNA HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A GUIDE? 2 YEARS. WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT YOUR JOB? IT'S THE PERSONAL NTACT, THE PERSONAL EXPERIENC. I LOVE MEETG PEOPLE OM ALL OVER THE WORLD... I REALLY LIKE GETTG TO KNOW EVERYONE AND FEELG LIKE I'M TRAVELG WH A GROUP OF IENDS. WHAT DESTINATION IS ON YOUR TRAVEL BUCKET-LIST? I HAVE SO MANY PLAC ON MY LIST, BUT I WOULD REALLY LOBE TO GO TO AI. I NSIR MYSELF AN “ADVENTURE GIRL” AND AI FEELS LIKE THE ULTIMATE ADVENTURE! EVERY CULTURE TRIP SMALL-GROUP ADVENTURE IS LED BY A LOL INSIR JT LIKE HANNA. SEE OUR CULTURE TRIPS KEEN TO EXPLORE THE WORLD?
• GAY COMMUNY DEVELOPMENT NEW ZEALAND THE 1970S AND IMPLITNS FOR THE HEALTH OF GAY MāORI MEN THE 1990S
• GAY WATER, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT
• UGANDA'S LGBTQ MUNY IS ' SHOCK' OVER NEW MEASURE, GAY ACTIVIST SAYS
• GAY CLUBS AND BARS
• TOP GAY DTATNS: NEW ZEALAND
• GAY DUNED, NEW ZEALAND| THE ESSENTIAL LGBT TRAVEL GUI!

THE BT LGBTQ BARS AND CLUBS AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND ROW OF SHOPS, RTRANTS AND BARS, AUCKLAND | © CLDE KLODIEN / ALAMY STOCK PHOTO JOE COAT 23 JUNE 2021 COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT AUCKLAND HAS, BY QUE A DISTANCE, THE MOST EXTENSIVE AND ECLECTIC LGBTQ SCENE ALL OF NEW ZEALAND. THE BIGGT CY THE UNTRY IS HOME TO MYRIAD BARS, CLUBS, BARET VENU AND EVENTS TERG TO THE LGBTQ MUNY. DELVE TO OUR GUI AND CHECK OUT CULTURE TRIP’S TOP CHOIC FOR LGBTQ BARS AND CLUBS NEW ZEALAND’S BIG SMOKE. VIEW ALL TRIPS FAY BAR AND CLUB BAR, NIGHTCLUB, OCEANIAN SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT A LEGENDARY FIXTURE OF AUCKLAND’S LGBTQ CLUB SCENE AND FELY ONE OF THE MOST INIC BARS ON K’ROAD, FAY BAR IS PARTICULARLY KNOWN FOR S FUN, CLIVE AND OCSNALLY NGHTY NATURE. ALONG WH A BUMPG NIGHTCLUB CROWD, KARAOKE NIGHTS ARE A REGULAR SPECIALY. FROM DRAG QUEENS TO DANCG QUEENS, THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST ENTERTAG AND POPULAR LGBTQ SPOTS THE CY. GAR STATN CAFE, RTRANT, OCEANIAN SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT SERVG WOOD-FIRED PIZZA WEDNDAY TO SUNDAY WH A FUN WE LIST AND NZ CRAFT BEER – THOUGH THEIR WEEKEND BNCH IS ALSO WORTH PULLG YOURSELF OUT OF BED FOR – GAR STATN HAS BEEN FLYG THE RABOW FLAG FOR A WHILE NOW. NOT ONLY IS THIS A GREAT PLACE TO PICK UP A TASTY BREAKFAST, BNCH OR LUNCH, BUT YOU N GRAB DNER ON THE WEEKENDS AND THEN TAKE ONE OF THEIR SHOWS THEIR AWOME MUNY THEATRE. THE EAGLE BAR BAR, LGBTQ BAR, OCEANIAN SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT © MONSTER VALLEY LERALLY RIGHT ACROSS THE ROAD OM FAY BAR AND CLUB IS ANOTHER ONE OF K’ROAD’S EXCELLENT LGBTQ VENU. THE EAGLE BAR IS MORE LOW-KEY THAN S ENERGETIC, SOMEWHAT CRAZY NEIGHBOUR, BUT THAT’S NOT TO SAY ’S ANY LS FUN OR APPEALG. IN FACT, THE EAGLE BAR IS A GREAT PLACE TO START YOUR NIGHT BEFORE HEADG OVER THE ROAD AND REALLY LETTG YOUR HAIR DOWN. A GREAT PLACE FOR CKTAILS AND NVERSATNS, YOU N EVEN CHOOSE YOUR OWN MIC ON THE JEBOX. EPIC MOROCCO FROM ANCIENT CI TO THE SAHARA, EMBRACE CULTURAL RICH AND ENCHANTG LANDSP NORTH AI. VIEW TRIP GOOD TIM BAR BAR, LGBTQ BAR, OCEANIAN, THAI SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT ONE OF AUCKLAND’S – AND K’ROAD’S, OF URSE – NEWT LGBTQ BARS, GOOD TIM, IS A PLACE WHERE ALL SORTS OF FOLK E TOGETHER THE PURSU OF A GREAT NIGHT OUT. WHETHER YOU’RE A LOL, TRAVELLER, QUEER OR STRAIGHT, THIS BAR WON’T DISAPPOT. THEY HAVE SOME EXCELLENT CKTAILS FOR YOU TO SIP ON AS WELL AS SOME YUMMY THAI FGER-FOOD. IF YOU’RE ON K’ROAD THEN MAKE SURE YOU SWG BY GOOD TIM TO SAMPLE ONE OF THEIR TOP-CLASS MARGARAS. CALUZZI BAR & CABARET BAR, RTRANT, OCEANIAN SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT COURTY OF CALUZZI CABARET CALUZZI IS NEW ZEALAND’S ORIGAL DRAG BARET BAR & RTRANT, AND HAS WON AWARDS TO BACK UP S REPUTATN ON THE LGBTQ SCENE. EXPECT A FUN, OVER-THE-TOP NIGHT OUT WH EXUBERANT STUM, ENTERTAMENT AND SOME GREAT FOOD, TOO. IF YOU FANCY DOG SOMETHG A LTLE DIFFERENT ON YOUR WEEKEND OUT THEN CALUZZI IS WELL WORTH CHECKG OUT. THE FACT THAT YOU N ENJOY A GREAT DNER WHILE TAKG A UNIQUE SHOW EXPLAS WHY THIS JOT HAS BEEN SO POPULAR FOR SO LONG. BEE A CULTURE TRIPPER! SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER TO SAVE UP TO 40% ON OUR UNIQUE TRIPS. SIGN UP SEE PRIVACY POLICY. SPQR BAR, RTRANT, ITALIAN, ATRALIAN, FN SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT QUTSENTIALLY AUCKLAND, WH LIC FOOD AN UPSLE-YET-SUAL ENVIRONMENT, SPQR THE HEART OF PONSONBY IS POPULAR FOR S SUN-DRENCHED OUTDOOR SEATG, AS WELL A PRIME SPOT TO START A NIGHT OUT WH NOVATIVE CKTAILS. ALTHOUGH SPQR IS NOT AN OUT AND OUT GAY BAR, IS EXTREMELY POPULAR AMONG THE LGBTQ CROWD, AND THE RIPPED TORSO ON THE SIGN IS SOMEWHAT OF A GIVEAWAY. IF YOU’RE TO GREAT FOOD AND FANTASTIC WE THEN YOU SHOULD FELY SWG BY SPQR. VOLNIC ICELAND EPIC TRIP MEET OUR LOL INSIR HANNA HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A GUIDE? 2 YEARS. WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT YOUR JOB? IT'S THE PERSONAL NTACT, THE PERSONAL EXPERIENC. I LOVE MEETG PEOPLE OM ALL OVER THE WORLD... I REALLY LIKE GETTG TO KNOW EVERYONE AND FEELG LIKE I'M TRAVELG WH A GROUP OF IENDS. WHAT DESTINATION IS ON YOUR TRAVEL BUCKET-LIST? I HAVE SO MANY PLAC ON MY LIST, BUT I WOULD REALLY LOBE TO GO TO AI. I NSIR MYSELF AN “ADVENTURE GIRL” AND AI FEELS LIKE THE ULTIMATE ADVENTURE! EVERY CULTURE TRIP SMALL-GROUP ADVENTURE IS LED BY A LOL INSIR JT LIKE HANNA. SEE OUR CULTURE TRIPS KEEN TO EXPLORE THE WORLD?

It’s always tertg to know more about the untry so we’ve prepared this gui to LGBT rights New Zealand so gay travellers are rmed before they go.

GAY COMMUNY DEVELOPMENT NEW ZEALAND THE 1970S AND IMPLITNS FOR THE HEALTH OF GAY MāORI MEN THE 1990S

There are a full range of laws supportg the gay muny place New Zealand – same-sex sexual activy has been legal sce 1986, there are extensive discrimatn protectns and was the 13th untry the world to legalise gay marriage.

When relig settlers brought Christiany to the islands they also brought the notn that homosexualy was a s and subsequently New Zealand adopted Brish law, crimalisg same-sex sexual activy. Throughout the 60s and 70s gay liberatn groups formed and gathered strength – a talysg event this was when an amic was refed a visor’s perm to the USA bee she was homosexual. In 2018 the Government passed a bill allowg men nvicted of homosexual offens before crimalisatn to have their rerds wiped and there was also an official apology.

The Human Rights Act 1993 meant that any discrimatn on the basis of sexualy (and genr inty) was illegal and many ernment agenci have gay-iendly polici. New Zealanrs are overall very acceptg of the LGBT muny – generally, anti-LGBT polil parti are unsuccsful, for example, and there are many openly gay people all walks of life.

GAY WATER, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT

It’s worth notg that gay or straight, New Zealand is not a party statn – if gay travellers are prrisg back-to-back partyg and sndalo nights out then Bangkok, Berl or Mykonos might be better statns.

Generally, New Zealand will never be a place for lots of public displays of affectn, somethg which both gay and straight travellers should be aware of. Before gettg to specifics, ’s worth remdg potential gay travellers that there are lots of small, isolated towns and villag sttered about the unspoiled landspe of the untry which might have ls progrsive views.

Not to mentn the Wter Pri/Gay Ski Week September, an queer romp the snow or the semi-regular Theta / Proponda gay party seri.

UGANDA'S LGBTQ MUNY IS ' SHOCK' OVER NEW MEASURE, GAY ACTIVIST SAYS

Those planng a trip to New Zealand won’t be surprised to hear that such a gay-iendly untry there’s basilly no such thg as a gay uniendly hotel.

From budget hostels to chic boutiqu to glampg to geo outdoor lodg, there’ plenty to choose om and gay travellers should know that they are wele almost everywhere.

GAY CLUBS AND BARS

Given the posive stance on LGBT rights New Zealand, gay people are extremely unlikely to be the closet so there are lots of opportuni to meet people. The suatn for members of the queer muny is better than the vast majory of other untri the world, so gay travellers should travel there to support the stance on LGBT rights New Zealand.

TOP GAY DTATNS: NEW ZEALAND

There's no gayborhood per se, but you'll fd the most mixed venu along Courtenay Place and Cuba Street the hip Te Aro district at the cy center. Although SPQR is not an out and out gay bar, is extremely popular among the LGBTQ crowd, and the ripped torso on the sign is somewhat of a giveaway. In recent years there has been a nsistent pattern of travel between New Zealand and Atralia, which has led to a large number of Māori (pecially gay on) takg up long-term rince Atralia.

There are now ditns that this trans-Tasman migratn may be a signifint factor the rat of HIV fectn among gay Māori men. Neverthels, there are signs that gay Māori men have played a key role the gay muny velopment that preced AIDS and that has been fundamental to the fight to stop the epimic.

The paper nclus by outlg iativ that have been taken by gay Māori men to work towards fairer and more jt out, and that serve stutnal support.

GAY DUNED, NEW ZEALAND| THE ESSENTIAL LGBT TRAVEL GUI!

In other words, where Bud Light has buckled unr prsure as bigotry grows agast the LGBTQ+ muny, Gay Water’s creator Spencer Hodson wants his new boozy brand to be the anthis of that. “The key issue that Bud Light tapped to was the fact that they didn’t unrstand their re dience and know enough about them, ” Hodson, a gay man, told CNN about the ntroversy that began when the Anhser-Bch beer brand sent fluencer Dylan Mulvaney a n of beer. The nned cktail is named after a lloquialism given to the popular mixed drk (vodka and soda) orred at bars by the gay muny.

“Puttg a product wh the word gay the tle is reprentatn self, ” which he hop reclaims the word om the negativy ’s sometim associated wh.

The two chatted about the limed amount of gay people wh , and wh Hodson burnt out om his tradnal day job tech, started the nned cktail. Big onle Hodson built up a strong social media followg on TikTok and Instagram durg Covid-19 and is g some of the money om that (as well as om iends and fay) to help fund Gay Water.

“Gay is an umbrella term and the ia behd the brand is to be as clive as possible, which means we want alli, we want straight people to be part of this muny we’re buildg. ” For now, Gay Water is sold largely onle (wh a few retailers) and four sugar-ee flavors — watermelon, lime, peach and grapeu — at lnch.

Gay Water might not have the ep pockets pared to s petors, like Whe Claw, but “even at small sle, pani of many siz are havg succs makg spir-based seltzers and premixed cktails, ” Bryan Roth, an analyst for Feel Goods Company and edor of the alhol beverage newsletter, Sightl+, told CNN.

“There’s lots of space the spir-based seltzer tegory which Gay Water n play, pecially if the brand n offer a cultural or emotnal nnectn that will feel more excg than the prospect of another peapple-flavored vodka seltzer om natnal or ternatnal rporatns, ” Roth said. ” Of urse, other drks e the word “gay, ” too, cludg Gay Beer and So Gay Rosé, Hodson noted, which are also tryg to reach the queer muny and offer them an alternative the straight-domated space.