Organized and planned by Rotorua's own Raukawa Tuhura where she wants to create a safe haven for our LGBTQI+ community to flourish and compete against each other using their creative skills and talent through Runway, Drag, Vogue and many more! This is what you call a "BALL" which comes from New York ball culture in America. Now we are bringing it here in our little city!!

Also big names will be judging our brave contestants such as Turanga Merito (Simba of Australia's "Lion King" and owner and director of Merito Academy) Kharl WiRepa (1st Maori fashion designer to grace Vogue magazine and director of Miss Rotorua) and Nanu Turner-Sarah ( One of Rotorua's finest performers and a co-ordinator to the LGBTQI+ rangatahi in our region). We also have Jaycee Tanuvasa (Mother of House of Iman and Legendary fem queen in the Auckland Ball scene) as our MC for the night and will make the night go wild!!.

Huge thank you to

The Blue Baths

Vivid Collective

See you there and don't forget your heels!