Kōrero: Lesbian lives
Whārangi 7. Hononga, rauemi nō waho
Ētahi atu tūhononga, pae tukutuku hoki
Armstrong and Arthur Charitable Trust for Lesbians
The Armstrong and Arthur Charitable Trust for Lesbians provides financial support for lesbian community activities in the Wellington region.
Auckland Lesbian Business Association
The Auckland Lesbian Business Association connects businesses in the lesbian community.
Charlotte Museum
The Charlotte Museum Trust collects and preserves artefacts of lesbian culture.
Lesbian and Gay Archives of New Zealand
The Lesbian and Gay Archives of New Zealand (LAGANZ) is housed in the Alexander Turnbull Library in Wellington.
Lesbian News Aotearoa
Lesbian News Aotearoa publishes news, profiles, photos and opinion pieces of interest to lesbians and queer women.
Lesbian Wellington
Information portal for lesbian and rainbow communities in Wellington.
LILAC – Wellington’s lesbian library
A lending library for women whose primary relationships are with women.
Queer History 101 – Alison Laurie
Audio and audio transcripts about lesbian and gay history, from lesbian historian Alison Laurie.
Reforming the law – homosexual law reform
Coverage of gay law reform in New Zealand on the NZ History website.
Ētahi whakaaro puaki, takenga
- Coney, Sandra. Standing in the sunshine: a history of New Zealand women since they won the vote. Auckland: Viking, 1993.
- Edyvane, V., T. Instone and P. Simmonds. 'Wasted days and wasted nights? Lesbian socialising in Wellington from the late 1960s.' In Outlines: lesbian and gay histories of Aotearoa, edited by Alison J. Laurie and Linda Evans. Wellington: Lesbian & Gay Archives of New Zealand, 2005.
- Gunn, Alexandra C., and Nicola Surtees. We’re a family: how lesbians and gay men are creating and maintaining family in New Zealand. Wellington: Families Commission, 2009.
- Laurie, Alison J., ed. Lesbian studies in Aotearoa/New Zealand. New York: Harrington Park Press, 2001.
- Laurie, Alison J., and Linda Evans, eds. Outlines: lesbian & gay histories of Aotearoa. Wellington: Lesbian & Gay Archives of New Zealand, 2005.
- Laurie, Alison J., and Linda Evans, eds. Twenty years on: histories of homosexual law reform in New Zealand. Wellington: Lesbian & Gay Archives of New Zealand, 2009.
- Te Awekōtuku, Ngāhuia, Shirley Tamihana, Julie Glamuzina and Alison Laurie (updated by Alison Laurie, Ngāhuia Te Awekōtuku and Julie Glamuzina in 2018). ‘Lesbian organising.’ In Women together: a history of women’s organisations in New Zealand / Ngā rōpū wāhine o te motu, edited by Anne Else. Wellington: Historical Branch of Internal Affairs/Daphne Brasell, 1993, updated 2018.
Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang
Alison J. Laurie, Lesbian lives, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/story/162243/sources (accessed 4 June 2026).
He kōrero nā Alison J. Laurie, i tāngia i te 5 April 2011.