Gay Guide
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Auckland-based youth organization providing support, advocacy, and community programs for LGBTQ+ young people across Aotearoa New Zealand.
Karangahape Road Rainbow Precinct
Auckland neighborhood precinct known for queer nightlife, arts venues, and LGBTQ+ community presence.
Auckland Pride
Annual LGBTQ+ pride festival based in Auckland, with its offices on Karangahape Road. Features a parade, parties, arts programming, and community events across the city each February.
Auckland's long-running drag dinner-cabaret venue on Karangahape Road. Created by Kita Mean (RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under), it hosts dinner and drag shows on Fridays and Saturdays, plus a monthly Drag Wars competition.
LGBTQ+ bar in Auckland with a local queer crowd and regular social nightlife activity.
GFC (Gay For Coffee)
Auckland K Road LGBTQ+-friendly café and cruising-adjacent space.
Karangahape Road
Auckland's most famous bohemian street and a historic centre of LGBTQ+ life in New Zealand. Known locally as K Road, it is lined with queer bars, arts venues, sex shops, and diverse eateries.
Phoenix Cabaret
Auckland drag dinner-show venue at 258 Karangahape Road, created by RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under winner Kita Mean. Runs themed drag performances with dinner on Friday and Saturday nights, plus additional seasonal shows.