PUT OUT to GIVE OUT | Luke Bird X WORLD — serving looks, laughs, and love for our rainbow communities
October 24, 2025
The wait is over — GiveOUT Day 2025 kicks off tonight at 7 PM!
November 6, 2025
We’re entering the final countdown to GiveOUT Day 2025, and we’re so excited to celebrate with you!
2025 | BIGGER, BOLDER AND MORE IMPACTFUL!
We’re just days away from GiveOUT Day NZ 2025, and this year's celebration is bigger, bolder, and more impactful than ever. Across Aotearoa, rainbow organisations are gearing up to share their stories, rally their supporters, and raise funds for projects that change lives.
From youth wellbeing and visibility campaigns to creative initiatives and inclusive spaces—this is your chance to stand with the changemakers shaping our rainbow future.
Together, we’re proving that hope lives in giving.
MEET THE CHANGEMAKERS
Discover the 21 changemakers participating in this year's GiveOUT Day!
Explore them all and decide who you’ll support when the donation portal opens at 7pm, Thursday 6 November — every dollar you give will be doubled through the generosity of our Sponsors.
- Auckland Pride Festival
- Body Positive
- Burnett Foundation Aotearoa
- Ethnic Rainbow Alliance
- GendAffirm Charitable Trust
- Ginger's Pop-ups
- Inside Out Kōaro
- Intersex Aotearoa
- Kawe Mahara Queer Archives Aotearoa Trust
- Manawatu Lesbian & Gay Rights Assn Inc
- Nelson Pride
- Pacific Rainbow Games Trust
- Pride Taranaki
- Pride Wairau Manatōpū
- Pride Whanganui
- Qtopia
- Rainbow Hub Waikato
- Rainbow Wellington
- The Charlotte Museum Te Whare Takatāpui-Wāhine o Aoteaora
- Wellington Pride Festival
MARK THE MOMENT: Thursday 6 November, 2025
7:00 pm - Donations Open
- Choose your changemakers
- Give as soon as the portal opens - every dollar is DOUBLED until the $45,000+ match pool runs out
- Share your link, tag @RainbowNewZealandTrust, and challenge a friend to match you.
- One click = more reach, more impact.
6.00-8.30 pm - Launch Event, Caluzzi Cabaret (Auckland)
- Hosted by Rainbow Auckland in partnership with RNZCT
- Featuring drag icon Miss Geena, platters & a cash bar
- FREE for Rainbow Auckland members and GiveOUT Day participants; $22 for non-members.
- The donation portal goes LIVE at 7pm - be there when it happens!
- 👉 Register to Attend
5.00-7.00 pm – WORLD NZ × Luke Bird Fundraiser (Ponsonby)
- Exclusive one-off collaborative pieces
- All proceeds go to RNZCT
- You must RSVP: [email protected]
WHY IT MATTERS
Every donation you make on GiveOUT Day is doubled—building stronger, more resilient rainbow communities across Aotearoa New Zealand. Together with our generous sponsors - Kiwibank, L'Oréal, Lion, Z, ISS, AUT and Rule Foundation - we're creating a future full of colour, connection and change.
