Community groups and events on campus

Find information on community groups on campus and upcoming events.

Get involved with the rainbow community at Te Herenga Waka with the various events and groups listed below.

Upcoming events

Special general meeting (Rainbow Law Students' Society)

  • Rainbow Law is holding an SGM to elect their junior representative and will be going out for dinner afterwards.
  • Date and time: from 5.15 pm, Monday 10 March 2025.
  • Location: Pipitea campus (room TBC).
  • More info: @vuwrainbowlaw

Initial general meeting (UniQ Te Herenga Waka)

  • Join UniQ for their IGM, where vacant roles on their exec will be elected—First-year Officer, General Execs (x2), and Takatāpui Officer. Nominate yourself to one of these roles using the link below.
  • Date and time: from 5.15 pm, Monday 10 March 2025.
  • Location: Kelburn campus, AM103.
  • More information: info@uniqthw.org.nz

Pride festival picnic (Kahukura—Rainbow and Inclusion)


Postgrad and mature rainbow students meet up (Kahukura—Rainbow and Inclusion)

  • Connect with other rainbow postgraduate and mature students, while packing condoms and lube for the Burnett Foundation—a great way to give back while meeting others in a relaxed setting.
  • Date and time: TBC
  • Register your interest for the postgrad and mature rainbow students meet-up.

Social groups

Friday space (UniQ Te Herenga Waka)

  • Date and Time: 11 am to 3 pm, every Friday during teaching weeks.
  • Location: Rainbow room, SU209.

On campus groups

Rainbow Law Students Society

Logo with the words Rainbow Law and Students Society framed around a building drawn in black and white.

Rainbow Law is committed to providing equal outcomes for rainbow students studying law at Te Herenga Waka. They are a social and advocacy group, who also run career events that illustrate what life is like as a rainbow lawyer. Follow them on Instagram and see their upcoming events on Facebook.

Instagram

Facebook

Rainbow Research Network

The logo for Rainbow Research Network, with a rainbow-coloured letter R.

The Rainbow Research Network is an interdisciplinary coalition of staff and postgraduate students at Te Herenga Waka who have a shared interest in research initiatives related to our LGBTQIA+, Takatāpui, and MVPFAFF+ communities. They are a cross-discipline group of researchers from a range of programmes, schools, and faculties, united by a shared commitment to create dedicated space for supporting intersectional research on gender, sex and sexuality, race, class, feminism, and queer and trans studies.

Find out more

UniQ Victoria

The UniQ logo with the word Uni inside a purple heart, joined to a pink Q.

UniQ Victoria is Te Herenga Waka’s rainbow students’ association. They are a student-driven collective, striving to represent the voices of the rainbow student community with pride. UniQ runs various social gatherings and events throughout the year, creating nurturing and inclusive spaces on campus. Reach out to them on Instagram or Facebook.

Instagram

Facebook