Wellington is to host the one of the world's most influential glbti conferences in 2018 after a bid from three New Zealand organisations was accepted, making it the first time in 40 years the conference has been held in Oceania. Members of the team which made the successful bid for Wellington to host the conference The Intersex Trust Aotearoa New Zealand (ITANZ), Tiwhanawhana Trust, and Rainbow Youth grouped together successfully to be appointed to to hold the next ILGA (International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association) World Conference in 2018, an event which could attract 600 delegates to the Capital. The unanimous decision was made at the final day of the current 2016 Thailand ILGA World Conference. “We were very pleased to have supported this successful bid and look forward to welcoming ILGA World to our region with open arms, as well as the many LGBTI activists which will be populating Wellington in 2018,” says Wellington-based Rawa Karetai, the 2016-2018 ILGA Oceania co-convenor. The conference will be the biggest glbti event hosted in New Zealand since Wellington's highly successful staging of the 2011 Outgames sports, culture and human rights mega-event.
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First published: Sunday, 4th December 2016 - 1:03am