Welcome to Pride Taranaki

GiveOUT Day 2026 is here, and this year Pride Taranaki is raising funds to help bring Pride Festival 2027 to life and keep our monthly community events happening throughout the year. Our mahi is about more than one festival. It’s about building and connecting our Rainbow community, creating welcoming spaces to come together, strengthening connections and making sure our people have opportunities to belong, celebrate and be themselves all year round. And on GiveOUT Day, your d

TSB people came together this Taranaki Pride Week with Pride Taranaki for a Lunch & Learn event focused on deepening understanding of LGBTQIA+ communities and building more inclusive experiences for customers and employees. The session featured insights from Onjei Bond on the Historical Data Project, an initiative dedicated to collecting, celebrating, documenting, and preserving the rich history of LGBTQIA+ communities across the Taranaki region. Chris Herlihy of Pride Tara

Pride Taranaki Chair Chris Herlihy, left, and Puke Ariki Archives Curator Glenn Martin search through the archives ahead of the launch of The Rainbow Archive Project.

In this special episode of Lemon Drops with Smokeylemon, host Anna Richardson sits down with Chris Herlihy from Pride Taranaki to talk about what Pride means in a regional community – and why connection, visibility, and safe spaces matter more than ever. Pride Taranaki is a volunteer-led group focused on building community and being a visible, supportive voice for the rainbow community in Taranaki. From regular monthly catch-ups like walking groups, bowling nights and coffee