Historical Events in August
| Aug 1924 | Effie Pollen joins Ursula Bethell (poet) to live in Christchurch Info |
| Aug 1972 | First National Gay and Lesbian Conference is held, Auckland They are held every year until 1989 (except 1983) |
| Aug 1979 | Ascent Christchurch is formed for gay and lesbian Catholics |
| Aug 1979 | Geyserland Gay Club is formed in Rotorua |
| Aug 1983 | Gay and Lesbian Information Centre is formed in Dunedin Info It is absorbed by the Otago Gay and Lesbian Welfare Council in 1984 |
| Aug 1984 | Bruce Burnett begins a nationwide AIDS education roadshow Info |
| Aug 1987 | Wellington City Council grants same-sex partners of bus-drivers the same free-passes as opposite-sex partners |
| Aug 1996 | Gays and Lesbians in Business (GLIB) is formed, Christchurch |
| 2 Aug 1994 | Richard Leonard kills Stephen Dempsey with a crossbow in Australia |
| 5 Aug 1992 | Robert Muldoon (Prime Minister) dies Info As Prime Minister, Muldoon accuses MP Colin Moyle of having been picked up for homosexual practices. Moyle resigned from Parliament in 1977 |
| 5 Aug 1998 | Hamilton District Court rules a lesbian liable for maintenance of a child born to her ex-partner during their relationship There are no corresponding custody rights |
| 8 Aug 1986 | The Homosexual Law Reform Act comes into effect |
| 12 Aug 1965 | Tuini Moetu Haangu Ngawai (composer) dies Info |
| 19 Aug 1998 | National (minority) Government introduces Human Rights Amendment saying it will bring Government into line with HRC Act (with some exceptions) |
| 20 Aug 1909 | Rodney Kennedy (artist) is born Info |
| 23 Aug 1986 | Lesbians and Gays in Education conference is held |
| 25 Aug 1991 | Sue Dunlop performs Better Than Normal in Wellington Performance held at North by Northwest cafe |
| 27 Aug 1943 | US First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt visits New Zealand with her aide Norah Walton Info Alt Info Roosevelt was here to inspect the American troops and the American Red Cross |
| 29 Aug 1943 | Amy Bock (confidence trickster) dies Info |
| 30 Aug 1954 | Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme are convicted of murdering Pauline's mother Info Parker and Hulme were given indeterminate sentences in different prisons and released after five years |
| 30 Aug 1986 | Women's Studies conference is held in New Plymouth |
| 30 Aug 1998 | Mountford Tosswill Woollaston (artist) dies Info |
| 31 Aug 1985 | Lesbian and Gay conference is held at Victoria University, Wellington (31 August-1 September) Approximately 150 people attend |
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