Whichever way you go, Air New Zealand takes you there. We have flights to great gay and lesbian friendly destinations in New Zealand and Australia and the UK. The famous Syndey Mardi Gras (The Gay Pride Parade and parties) in March, London Gay Pride in June/July and New Zealand Gay Ski Week at the end of August are just a few exciting events we can take you to.
We celebrate diversity - it's the Kiwi in us! 
Plan your travel here - check out our flight deals and use our resources to learn fun things for gay travellers and lesbian travellers in the South Pacific. There's lots of soft adventure and heaps of opportunity to meet new friends and visit the places you've always dreamt of.
Air New Zealanders represent a wide range of nationalities, cultures and sexual orientations, just like our passengers. New Zealand provides benefits for same sex partners, and so do we. Check out our tips on what to do in the South Pacific. Whatever it is, we'll take you there in style. Take a look at our incredible destinations and we hope we can welcome you on board real soon.
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We were at Castro St. Fair in beautiful and gay San Francisco on Oct 4th, 2009. Thanks for stopping by our booth and chatting with us.
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March 2009 was the famous Sydney Gay Mardi Gras event with the theme of Nations United. Air New Zealand operated a Glam party flight for this amazing event. Watch a short video clip here.
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Our Sweepstake prize winners, Micahael and Barry travelled with us on the Glam flight to Sydney, and here are some comments from them.
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Comments from Michael and Barry
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Larry and Paula. WOW!!!! We had an absolutely incredible time!!! Although New Zealand and Australia were great to visit, the highlight of the trip was definitely flying Air New Zealand! We've both experienced most of the American based airlines as well as a few international, and there is no comparison whatsoever. The Lounges in LA and Auckland were a wonderful respite and every single employee that we encountered went above and beyond to make sure that we and the other travelers were as comfortable as possible during the long but worthwhile flight.
Highlights in no particular order:
1) Pamela Anderson (I hope she didn't see me taking a sneak photo at your LA Lounge…).
2) Pink Flight. A memory to last a lifetime. I can't believe I didn't win the best chest contest!!!!
3) Mardi Gras in Sydney. We've never experienced such a large, organized parade and party.
4) Australia. We can't wait to return. And, when we saw Russell Crowe at a coffee shop in Paddington, he didn't throw his cell phone at us. Whew! Close one, there.
5) New Zealand. Jumping off of the Sky Tower. I would have never in a million years imagined that Barry would jump off of a nearly 700 foot building, but he said he'd never hear the end of it if he didn't join me. After nearly 18 years I suppose he knows what he's talking about……
6) New Zealand wines. Need I say more? I'm stocking up this weekend!
7) The U.S. dollar. Who knew that it was worth something somewhere? We did our best to get the NZ and OZ economy moving again..;-)
Thank you both for your outstanding help in making this dream vacation happen! |
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Watch some videos of a different perspective on New Zealand and other destinations.
What are you going to do in the South Pacific?
Check out some adventure opportunities.
GayStayNZ
Gay and Lesbian NZ tourism & travel directory
Gay and Lesbian New Zealand
Women Travel in New Zealand
Lesbian info on Auckland
Gay Tours in New Zealand
Gay and Lesbian travel and tours
Virtual Tour of Gay New Zealand
Gay New Zealand
Gay Queenstown
Inside Out Australia
Gay and Lesbian Tourism Australia
Boomerang
Australia Gay Travel Network
Girlports - Lesbian Sydney
DNA magazine Australia ( for Men)
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What going on in New Zealand?
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Keep up to date with Auckland's gay newspaper, Express Today.
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What's going on in Australia?
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Read the Sydney Star Observer online and find out! Or try Evolution your digital connection to Australia's leading gay and lesbian information source.
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Interesting Facts about New Zealand's civil rights
- New Zealand was the first country in the world to grant women the right to vote in parliamentary elections in 1893
- Georgina Beyer, became the first transsexual mayor in the world when she became the Mayor of Carterton in 1995. In the 1999 election, she became the world's first transsexual MP. She retired from Parliamentary politics on February 14, 2007
- Civil unions for gays and lesbians have been legal since 2004
- Property rights and next of kin rights are available to same sex couples
- New Zealand has strong anti-discrimination laws
- Gays and Lesbians are protected under the New Zealand Human Rights Legislation of 1993
- Homosexual acts are legal for gay men and lesbians over the age of 16 since 1987
- New Zealand was the first country in the Southern Hemisphere to legalise same sex civil unions
- The New Zealand Parliament has 5 out gay or lesbian MPs and there are 2 out gay MInisters in the Cabinet
- New Zealand is the only country in the Southern Hemisphere with out gay elected members of parliament
- New Zealand has an excellent social climate for gay and lesbian travelers
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