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Ending HIV Big Gay Out 2022 Organisers Cancel Event Citing Significant Public Health Risk
Wednesday, 19 January 2022, 11:10 am | AIDS Foundation
The New Zealand AIDS Foundation (NZAF) has cancelled the Ending HIV Big Gay Out, scheduled to take place on 13 February 2022 in Auckland. Organisers noted the significant public health risk associated with proceeding given the imminent threat of a community ... More >>
Ending HIV Big Gay Out is back
Monday, 3 February 2020, 2:45 pm | AIDS Foundation
Now, more than ever, it is time for the government to show real support for our rainbow communities. With dramatic recent reductions in the number of new HIV transmissions in Aotearoa, leadership is needed to ensure ground is not lost and emerging wider ... More >>
20th Anniversary of the Ending HIV Big Gay Out
Monday, 4 February 2019, 9:42 am | AIDS Foundation
20th Anniversary of the Ending HIV Big Gay Out cause for celebration More >>
New HIV stigma stats cause for immediate action
Wednesday, 28 November 2018, 9:43 am | AIDS Foundation
A 2018 survey shows there are still a lot of misconceptions around HIV that are contributing harmful stigma for people living with HIV (PLHIV). More >>
First addition to the AIDS Memorial Quilt in 15 years
Thursday, 15 November 2018, 4:11 pm | AIDS Foundation
The Cartier Trust Quilt will be the first new addition to New Zealand AIDS Memorial Quilt project in over 15 years, when it is formally presented at a public 30th anniversary event on November 26th. More >>
More than 500 Kiwis living with undiagnosed HIV
Tuesday, 18 September 2018, 10:02 am | AIDS Foundation
There are around 3500 people living with HIV in New Zealand, but estimates show that over 500 don’t know it. More >>
Significant drop in HIV diagnoses but no way to tell why
Wednesday, 20 June 2018, 4:04 pm | AIDS Foundation
MEDIA RELEASE: 20 JUNE 2018 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Significant drop in HIV diagnoses but no way to tell why More >>
Courtney Acts to improve HIV knowledge
Monday, 14 May 2018, 6:48 pm | AIDS Foundation
Hot on the heels of her Celebrity Big Brother UK win, drag superstar Courtney Act is taking her quest to educate the world about LGBTQ issues to the next level – joining a New Zealand campaign about advances in HIV treatments. More >>
NZ ahead of the pack in funding PrEP
Wednesday, 7 February 2018, 2:18 pm | AIDS Foundation
The New Zealand AIDS Foundation applauds PHARMAC’s decision to become one of the first countries in the world to publicly fund the HIV-prevention drug Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) – meaning those at high risk of HIV have another way to protect ... More >>
Ending HIV celebrates first-year wins at Big Gay Out
Friday, 2 February 2018, 3:52 pm | AIDS Foundation
Ending HIV Big Gay Out 2018 – community rallies behind campaign to end new HIV infections by 2025 More >>
Huge breakthroughs could spell the end for HIV in NZ
Monday, 27 November 2017, 4:27 pm | AIDS Foundation
Huge breakthroughs could spell the end for HIV in New Zealand This World AIDS Day, New Zealanders have two reasons to celebrate – a massive scientific discovery and the proposed funding of a revolutionary HIV prevention pill. Since 1988, the world ... More >>
LYC plugs the gaps in sexual health education
Wednesday, 12 August 2015, 11:48 am | AIDS Foundation
The LYC website has been re-developed into a one-stop-shop for young gay and bisexual men, offering highly relevant and media-rich sexual health information. More >>
HIV prevention not possible without community support
Tuesday, 8 April 2014, 12:51 pm | AIDS Foundation
The New Zealand AIDS Foundation is deeply grateful for the support it receives from the community. Without that support, preventing HIV would be a difficult task. More >>
Crowd Numbes Soar at the Get It on! Big Gay Out
Monday, 11 February 2013, 4:08 pm | AIDS Foundation
This afternoon Police have confirmed what organisers predicted; yesterday’s Get It On! Big Gay Out at was the biggest one ever! More >>
‘Untreatable Clap’ Hitting Auckland’s Gay Men
Thursday, 7 June 2012, 3:40 pm | AIDS Foundation
MEDIA RELEASE: 2012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ‘Untreatable Clap’ Hitting Auckland’s Gay Men Yesterday’s WHO announcement that gonorrhoea is becoming drug resistant echoes warnings from a cadre of organisations about an outbreak of gonorrhoea that ... More >>
AIDS Foundation Clear On Whangarei Child Care Centre Ban
Friday, 11 May 2012, 3:05 pm | AIDS Foundation
MEDIA RELEASE: 11 May 2012 AIDS Foundation Clear On Whangarei Child Care Centre Ban Demands for a ‘care plan’ to be established before a Whangarei boy can return to child care have been criticised by the New Zealand AIDS Foundation (NZAF) as well ... More >>
New Study Shows 1 in 5 with Hiv Don’t Know It
Thursday, 2 February 2012, 3:04 pm | AIDS Foundation
MEDIA RELEASE: EMBARGOED UNTIL 3PM THUR, 2 FEB 2012 New Study Shows 1 in 5 with Hiv Don’t Know It On the eve of the Get it On! Big Gay Out, a ground-breaking study has revealed that 1 in 5 gay and bisexual men with HIV in Auckland don’t know they ... More >>
Carmen To Be Honoured In Auckland
Tuesday, 17 January 2012, 5:32 pm | AIDS Foundation
AUCKLAND – New Zealanders will have the opportunity to pay tribute to the ‘Mother of Equality’ and New Zealand icon, entrepreneur, and inspiration, Carmen Rupe, ( Ngati Maniapoto ) at a maumahara (memorial service) in Auckland on Saturday, 11 ... More >>
Governor General Zero-ing In For World AIDS Day
Tuesday, 22 November 2011, 9:17 am | AIDS Foundation
On Friday, 25 November (the Friday before World AIDS Day) Auckland commuters will be able to spot the Lt Gen Rt Hon Sir Jerry Mateparae, the Governor General of New Zealand, standing in Britomart under a bright red, zero-shaped balloons. The zero ... More >>
Free Services for Christchurch’s Gay Residents
Tuesday, 2 August 2011, 2:43 pm | AIDS Foundation
To help deal with levels of stress among Christchurch residents, the New Zealand AIDS Foundation (NZAF) is providing free, professional and confidential services tailored specifically to the needs of Christchurch’s gay communities. Having moved ... More >>
