Wellington Pride Festival

Wellington Pride Festival traces its history back to the first Newtown Lesbian and Gay Fair in 1986, organised as part of the campaign for the Homosexual Law Reform Bill which passed on July 9th, 1986.

Since then, the capital has been home to an array of rainbow festivals and other events which have celebrated, represented, and supported the LGBTQIA+ community in Te Whanganui-a-Tara and beyond.