Ginger's Community

💬 Tip for a better experience:
Our WhatsApp groups can get lively! To avoid notification overload, we recommend turning off group notifications so you can jump in for chats when it suits you.

Here’s how:

Open the group chat
Tap the group name at the top
Select “Mute notifications” (you can choose 8 hours, 1 week, or “Always”)
You’ll still see new messages when you open WhatsApp - you just won’t get pinged constantly. Most people find this helps them stay connected on their own terms.

🧡 Gingers Community Guidelines
Purpose and Values
Gingers exists to provide a respectful, and inclusive community space for connection, kōrero, friendship, and support.
Our kaupapa celebrates lesbian culture and the wider FLINTA* community and gender minorities - Female, Lesbian, Intersex, Non-binary, Trans, Agender, and other gender-diverse people, including bisexual and pansexual identities.

By joining this community, you agree to participate in good faith and uphold these shared values.

1. Community Conduct
Treat all members with respect, kindness, and care.
Discriminatory, exclusionary, or hostile comments or behaviour are not accepted under any circumstances.
Gingers reserves the right to remove any member whose behaviour breaches these standards, without prior notice.
Privacy and consent matter - do not message or contact members or the admins privately unless they have clearly given you permission. You can contact gingers at gingerspopupsnz@gmail.com 

2. Content and Promotion
This WhatsApp space is for connection and conversation - not for event or product promotion.
Because Gingers cannot verify every external event’s inclusivity or kaupapa, we do not allow event links or advertisements be shared here.
Members are welcome to talk about events they are attending or recommending, but you must take personal responsibility to ensure those events are inclusive of our gender-diverse whānau.
Promotional or advertising content will be removed. 

3. Respect, Safety, and Privacy
This community is designed to be a safe and confidential space.
Do not share personal details, messages, or screenshots from this group outside it without express consent from everyone involved.
If you feel unsafe or need to report concerning behaviour, contact the admins at gingerspopupsnz@gmail.com.
Gingers is not responsible for disputes, personal conflicts, or relationship issues between members. These matters must be managed privately.

4. Inclusivity and Zero Tolerance Policy
Any comments, posts, or actions that challenge or undermine the inclusivity of FLINTA* members and gender minorities will result in immediate removal from all Gingers spaces.
“Inclusivity” means accepting and affirming people’s self-identified gender and sexuality.
The admin team reserves the right to remove or ban members if their conduct risks the safety or wellbeing of others.

5. Organisation Information
Gingers is a private, not-for-profit, self-funded company. 
All content, branding, and communication associated with Gingers remain the intellectual property of its organisers.
Participation in this group does not grant members the right to represent Gingers publicly or use its name, logo, or community spaces for personal promotion or external communications.

6. Acceptance of Rules
By joining the Gingers WhatsApp community, you confirm that you:

Have read and understood these guidelines.
Agree to uphold the values and standards described above.
Accept that Gingers reserves the right to remove or restrict membership at its sole discretion where conduct breaches these expectations.

🧡 Welcome to the Whānau
We’re glad you’re here. This community thrives on good faith, respect, humour, and aroha - thank you for helping make it a safe and affirming space for everyone.

Ginger's Bush Camp South Island is kicking off the summer, and the last tickets are now open to the community. There are 8-week and 5-week payment plans available at checkout, with the 8-week plan needing to be selected soon before it passes the event date. Carpooling is already being arranged from different airports and towns so campers can travel alongside fellow attendees, and accommodation includes riverside tent sites, powered sites, private cabins, and shared cabins, all well maintained. Set in a stunning part of the South Island, the camp offers river tubing, rope swings, fire pits, a swimming hole, the Lesbian Olympics, fly fishing, Bushies Got Talent, the famous Ginger's Party, and a rainbow bar, with all meals and dietary requirements catered for and barista coffee available. Most of all, the value of the connections made at these camps is priceless.

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