Wellington Gay Task Force formed after a police raid on the Wakefield sauna. The Equality Bill Campaign unsuccessfully petitions the Prime Minister for law reform. Women's Land Collective publish Women's Land, outlining plans for establishing a rural lesbian community 1982 April 10th National Gay Rights Conference, is held at Te Tira Hou Marae, Panmure. May Lesbian Leap Weekend, a national gathering to celebrate and share lesbian culture and discuss political issues, is held at Porirua. A play by Lynne L is performed.
Lesbians respond with a pasteup.
July Lesbian feminists remove a display they consider offensive to working class culture from the Women's Art Gallery in Wellington. A TV documentary about lesbians and gay men in NZ is screened nationwide. Lesbian Creativity Week is held to mark the closing of the first Lesbian Centre, in Wellington. The first lesbian caucus of the Women's Studies Association is held at its Blenheim conference. November 1 Homosexual Law Reform Society secretary and long-term campaigner Jack Goodwin dies.