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Hooking up in NZ: a traveller’s guide

In , Lonely Planet listed New Zealand as one of the world’s most gay-friendly destination for travellers – and, 12 months on, the bookings are rolling in.

The original article praised us for adopting the “gay/lesbian friendly” tag for businesses and accommodation way advocate in , pointed out the “brilliant network” of homestays throughout both the North and South Islands, highlighted Queenstown’s Gay Ski Week and our promotion of same-sex marriage tourism.

All of which is pleasant if you’re travelling to Aotearoa with your partner or in a organization, and of course it’s great to know you’re going to be welcomed with open arms as soon as you step off the plane – but how about if you’re coming on your own? How do you get together up in NZ?

The first step is getting tech-savvy.

New Zealand’s got great mobile networks, meaning that you can employ all your favourite dating apps appreciate Grindr, GROWLr, Jack’d, Hornet and Scruff. While Grindr is set up so you can notice only people nearby, other apps allow you to lay down some of the groundwork, so you can rea

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Grindr is the world’s #1 free dating app serving the LGBTQ community. If you’re gay, bi, trans, gender non-conforming, or even just curious, Grindr is the finest and easiest way to meet new people for friendships, dates, and whatever else you’re looking for.

On a trip? Grindr is an indispensable tool for LGBTQ travelers—log in to meet locals and get recommendations for bars, restaurants, events, and more. With Grindr in your pocket, you’ll always be connected to other LGBTQ people around you and have your finger on the pulse of what’s happening.

Ready to get started? Creating your profile is easy, and you can share as much or little about yourself as you like. Within minutes you’ll be ready to connect, chat, and come across up with people nearby you.

Grindr is faster and better than ever:

• Spot people nearby based on your location
• Chat and share private photos
• Attach tags to share your interests
• Search tags to find others based on their interests
• Create confidential albums to share (and unshare) multiple photos at once
• Filter your find to find

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Grindr is the world’s no.#1 free dating app serving the LGBTQ community. If you’re gay, bi, transitioned, queer, or even just curious, Grindr is the best and easiest way to meet new people for friendships, hookups, dates, and whatever else you’re looking for.

On a trip? Grindr is an indispensable tool for LGBTQ travellers—log in to come across locals and get recommendations for bars, restaurants, events, and more. With Grindr in your pocket, you’ll always be connected to other LGBTQ people around you and have your finger on the pulse of what’s happening.

Ready to get started? Creating your profile is easy, and you can share as much or little about yourself as you fond of. Within minutes you’ll be ready to connect, chat, and meet up with people near you.

Grindr is faster and better than ever:

• See people around you based on your location
• Chat and divide private photos
• Add tags to share your interests
• Search tags to locate others based on their interests
• Create private albums to share (and unshare) multiple photos at once
• Filter your search to find what you

By Jason Om, ABC

Grindr is one of the apps being used because users can be relatively anonymous. Photo: Martin Bureau / AFP

Warning: This story contains content some may find disturbing.

Josh is lying on a footpath, curled up into a ball, his head covered with his hands as three men lay into him with metal bars.

"Am I going to make it out of here alive?" he remembered thinking.

"What's going to happen?"

He managed to get up but stumbled a few times after receiving blows to his head.

The men were laughing at him. One of them was filming.

"They were calling me a paedophile," Josh, whose name has been changed to protect his identity, told ABC's .

Josh was so ill beaten that he almost ended up in intensive care.

"Apparently, I had lost so much blood that my blood pressure had dropped so low they were considering taking me to ICU."

It was spring in Melbourne's bayside suburbs.

Josh's Saturday night had turned into the early hours of Sunday morning. Like many men on the hook-up app Grindr, he'd been "looking".

Josh, now in his 30s, has used Grindr since he was