January 23-25, 2015. Informal social weekend of fun/ competition to encourage GLBTI sport/ culture in preparation for 4th Asia-Pacific Outgames Auckland, February 2016. Rainbow Dinner Saturday 6:30pm at Grand Century, 84 Tory St  + awards ceremony + after dinner Sports Party at Ivy Bar, 49 Cuba St. Sunday brunch at Vista Cafe + Pool Party at Thorndon Summer Pool.

CANCELLED or POSTPONED UNTIL MARCH (bad weather) - February 14, 2015 Annual event 26 years running, previously in Civic Square, now in Waitangi Park on the waterfront, near Te Papa. All-day events for the whole family; stalls, food, onstage entertainment of talented local singers, drag queens and kings, comedians, and circus performers, and fun in the sun. See website for updates.

February 20 - March 14, 2015, various venues. Strongly experimental in nature, totally open access policy - includes theater, dance, comedy & visual arts, but due to organised chaos of festival anything and everything could be happening.

May 28 - June 7, 2015, in Wellington, the annual queer film festival for New Zealand with LGBT narrative feature films, documentaries and narrative short films from around the world. See their website for previous years' events and this year's schedule.