HERstory Lesbian Walking Tour of K'Rd

Starting outside the Unitarian Church at 1a Ponsonby Road and ending at St Kevins Arcade, 183 Ponsonby Road.

This  walking tour celebrates the lesbian and many LGBTQ+ spaces and  community places on and around K’Rd. These spaces were at the forefront  of what has been described as ‘the golden era’ of Auckland’s nightlife  and club scene that centred on K’Rd amongst a vibrant and dynamic  subculture during the 1990s. And many community organisations important  to our diverse communities based themselves on K’Rd to be close to who  they were advocating and working for. Discover the era before  gentrification of nearby gaybourhoods Grey Lynn and Ponsonby and before  K’Rd’s seedy, wild reputation got cleaned up.

Hear  about safe spaces, sometimes the only safe space where past generations  of our communities could be their authentic selves and where able to  survive and thrive. By sharing their stories you will meet an  unapologetic…