LGBTIQ+

Bald Angels facilitate the Rainbow Rangatahi Social Networking Group in the Bay of Islands. Please visit their website for more information.

Gender Minorities Aotearoa is a nationwide transgender organisation. It is run by and for transgender people; including binary and non-binary, intersex, and irawhiti takatāpui.They support transgender people of all ages, cultures, and backgrounds, and provide one-to-one peer support and information nationwide.

Genderbridge is a peer-to-peer trans community organisation providing support to transgender / gender diverse / non binary people, their whanau and friends throughout Aotearoa. For support please join their active Facebook peer to peer support network page.

InsideOUT Kōaro are a national charity with the vision for all rainbow young people to have a sense of safety and belonging in their schools and communities.Some of their local services include:- Providing workshops and consultation- Producing, sharing, and promoting resources - Fostering and supporting the development of rainbow inclusive schoolsThey can support whānau advocating for their child's needs at school. They have several youth development programmes including Shift Hui and volunteering opportunities for rangatahi.

Call 0800 OUTLINE to talk to a trained member of the rainbow community between 6pm-9pm, it's free & confidential. They also offer face-to-face or Skype counselling specialising in gender identity & sexual orientation (from $80 to $120 depending on your financial situation).

RainbowYOUTH (est.1989) is a charitable organisation dedicated to helping young queer and gender diverse (LGBTIQ) people up to the ages of 27, as well as their wider communities.Please note that Tai Tokerau services for trans and gender diverse people cover the full age spectrum.

As an individual volunteer, Transwoman Melanie Payne provides a 100% confidential initial contact point for Non Binary & gender questioning individuals; offering guidance & contact networking to enable themselves to navigate the myriad legal, governmental & health obstacles that the community continues to have to face.Melanie also advises & educates small companies, voluntary organisations, training & education establishments on a wide variety of interactions they may encounter with the Transgender community.

Whangārei PROUD grew out of a glorious and growing Rainbow social community in Te Tai Tokerau. Seated in their unique location next to Whangarei-te-rerenga-parāroa under the gaze of Mount Manaia and Parihaka... they PROUD-ly uphold their connections to mana whenua and their diverse ways of being authentic to themselves and their tūpuna with events that celebrate their spectrum of expressions as gender and sexual minorities.