Manawatu Lesbian and Gay Rights Association

MaLGRA Is New Zealand's longest running LGBT association and has been running fighting and pushing for change and acceptance since 1977 MaLGRA is always there to help other members of the LGBT+ community and other LGBT+ Groups.

Our Mission is To provide a social service which affirms and empowers gay, lesbian, intersex, transgender, takatāpui, fa'afafine, asexual, and bisexual persons, those questioning their sexuality, and those persons living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and/or Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) who are Members of Manawatu Lesbian and Gay Rights Association Incorporated and/or our communities, and their family, whanau/significant others; and which actively promotes the development of a safer social environment for our multicultural communities.

We are committed to the holistic wellbeing of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, takataapui, and fa’afafine communities.

We recognise our responsibilities under the Treaty of Waitangi and the need as Tangata Whenua and Tauiwi to actively work in partnership to educate and challenge ourselves.

We are committed to ensuring that our services are delivered in a manner that is respectful, safe and sensitive to our own culture(s) and to the culture(s) of our Members, communities and client group; and to the need to continuously educate and challenge ourselves.