The Pride Hub: A safe space where people can access resources, information, support, guidance and advocacy. We have free Wifi, a community library with Pride themed books and a community fridge/pantry. His mayoralty was revoked, his portrait removed from council chambers and his name ground off the foundation stone of the town's spectacular new art gallery. Now the story of the controversial mayor, whose legacy the town of Whanganui tried to erase from history, could be memorialised in a Heritage New Zealand listing. In , Whanganui mayor Charles Mackay - a distinguished lawyer who married into Whanganui high society - shot young returned soldier and poet D'Arcy Cresswell in an office above the old town's main street.
For the second time in the lifetimes of many, Whanganui is attracting rainbow people from outside the city to join its enduring and growing community. Wanganui is continuing to embrace everything new in technology, politics, and commerce. Focused on agriculture as its main source of revenue, the region has one of the best soils in the world for growing pears of different varieties. Despite being a predominantly farmer community, the town has a very welcoming and accepting crowd that does not shy away from openly supporting people with unorthodox sexualities.
Pride Whanganui Trust is a volunteer-run organisation that supports Whanganui's LGBTQ+ community (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, takatāpui, queer, intersex).They offer various resources and services, including:Safe space drop-in centre with resources, Wi-Fi, and a community fridge. Youth groups for different age ranges. Support groups for LGBTQ+ people, parents/caregivers, and older. Pride Whanganui Chair Christina Emery spills all the tea on what we can expect from Whanganui Pride , running from Saturday, 4 to Saturday, 11 March. TELL US A BIT ABOUT THE EVOLUTION OF WHANGANUI PRIDE WEEK OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS? Our first Pride in saw us run just two events in one day, and now, in , we have 15 events over eight days.
New Zealand’s first Rainbow heritage listing is the site of blackmail, attempted murder and the hidden scandal of a gay Whanganui mayor in that makes the latest Heritage New Zealand Category 1 listing truly unique. It is 40 years since a group of gay men first gathered at Putai Ngahere Reserve near Hunterville alongside the Rangitikei River to enjoy a peaceful holiday. What began as respite from a conservative and intolerant society has evolved in to a celebration of diversity with events like fashion in the field, a softball tournament and the queen's cocktail party. Dion is a former Queen of Vinegar Hill and received the special trophy awarded every New Years Eve in
The Pride Hub: A safe space where people can access resources, information, support, guidance and advocacy. We have free Wifi, a community library with Pride themed books and a community fridge/pantry. For 50 years the name Charles Mackay was all but forbidden in Whanganui. The former mayor's name was chiselled off public buildings, ripped off street signs and deliberately excluded from official histories. His official portrait was taken down and destroyed.
For the second time in the lifetimes of many, Whanganui is attracting rainbow people from outside the city to join its enduring and growing community. Former Whanganui mayor Charles Mackay, who shot writer Walter D'Arcy Cresswell. He had a long career in public service and was responsible for economic growth in Whanganui. But the efforts of the town's mayor Charles Mackay were all but expunged from local history after he shot a writer who accused him of making sexual advances toward him and ordered him to quit his job or he'd out him as gay.
Pride Whanganui Trust is a volunteer-run organisation that supports Whanganui's LGBTQ+ community (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, takatāpui, queer, intersex).They offer various resources and services, including:Safe space drop-in centre with resources, Wi-Fi, and a community fridge. Youth groups for different age ranges. Support groups for LGBTQ+ people, parents/caregivers, and older. By Te Ahipourewa Forbes. Whanganui is now home to New Zealand's first rainbow heritage listed building, marking the spot where a former mayor shot a man who was threatening to expose him as being gay. The building at 23 Ridgway Street in Whanganui was Charles Mackay's private office when he was mayor of the city back in
New Zealand’s first Rainbow heritage listing is the site of blackmail, attempted murder and the hidden scandal of a gay Whanganui mayor in that makes the latest Heritage New Zealand Category 1 listing truly unique. Former Whanganui mayor Charles Mackay, who shot writer Walter D'Arcy Cresswell. He had a long career in public service and was responsible for economic growth in Whanganui. But the efforts of the town's mayor Charles Mackay were all but expunged from local history after he shot a writer who accused him of making sexual advances toward him and ordered him to quit his job or he'd out him as gay.