Friday, 28 Nov, 8-9:30pm
The Fringe Bar, 26 Allen Street, Wellington

Comedian Neil D'Bear Thornton will host a fun and festive cabaret in recognition of World Aids Day. Comedy! Drag! Burlesque! Music! More! (Cast includes Jak Darling, Willie Smackntush, members of Fired Up Stilettos, and more!)

All profits to benefit Body Positive. A discount code is available for concession tickets for Body Positive members - contact us for details.

Doors at 7:00pm. Cabaret at 8:00pm. Drinks and karaoke to follow!

Saturday, 29 Nov, 12-4pm
Body Positive House, 3 Poynton Terrace

In recognition of World AIDS Day, Body Positive will host an Open House on Saturday afternoon at BP House in Auckland. Socialise, eat yummy food, check out our new testing service Test’n’Treat (launching in December) and our lovely new garden.

Everyone Welcome.

Saturday, 29 Nov, 1-2:40pm
Starting from: Āwhina Centre, 220 Willis Street, Wellington

** FREE - but please register at https://walktours.nz/book **

Join us for a special event marking both the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Burnett Foundation Aotearoa and the 40th anniversary of the death of Bruce Burnett – one of Aotearoa’s pioneering HIV activists and educators.

Bruce was instrumental in co-founding the AIDS Support Network in the early 1980s, which would become the New Zealand AIDS Foundation in 1985, later renamed to the Burnett Foundation Aotearoa in 2022.

Walk Tours NZ, in association with the Burnett Foundation, is hosting a very special walk tour to commemorate these two significant anniversaries. Starting outside the Āwhina Centre on Willis Street, we’ll walk through central Wellington, stopping at various locations to pay tribute to some of this country’s HIV pioneers.

Learn about personal and collective responses to the epidemic, and hear short archival recordings from those who experienced the early years first-hand.

As part of the walk tour, we’ll return to the Āwhina Centre where the Burnett Foundation team will talk about the current state of HIV in Aotearoa and show a couple of panels from the New Zealand AIDS Memorial Quilt.

Monday, 1 Dec, 5:30-6:30pm
Pukekura Park , New Plymouth

Join Pride Taranaki and Rainbow Youth in a commemoration of Worlds Aids Day at the site of the first HIV Death in NZ, with guest speaker - EJ Barrett
Entertainment and shared kai

World AIDS Day, held annually on 1st December since 1988, is an international day dedicated to raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic caused by the spread of HIV infection and mourning those who have died of the disease.

This year we are committed to stopping new cases of HIV and enabling people living with HIV to live healthy lives free from HIV stigma and discrimination. Forty years since the first AIDS cases were reported, HIV still threatens the world. In that time HIV/AIDS has claimed the lives of more than 36 million people worldwide and today there are nearly 38 million people living with HIV. There are approximately 3500 people living with HIV in New Zealand.