The Rainbow Umbrella

11/09/2025

🌈 It's that time again - a new episode is here!
Tune in for another awesome kōrero full of joy with lovely Ann and Alexis 🌈
Available on Spotify, YouTube and oar.org.nz

29/08/2025

Don't do Spotify? No problem - The Rainbow Umbrella is on YouTube too! Click below to check us out 🌈

Kia ora and welcome to The Rainbow Umbrella, the podcast where we talk about anything and everything, under the rainbow! Wanna support us, click the link below to join our Patron https://patreon.com/TheRainbowUmbrella

14/08/2025

🌈 New episode is live! 🌈

Tune in this month as Mel chats to Abbie about The Rainbow Shoelace Project, an initiative started to combat homophobia and spread joy in the community.

Have a listen on Spotify, OARfm.com or wherever you like to listen!

16/07/2025

🌈 Happy new episode day! 🌈
This month sees Mel kōrero with the lovely Emma Dilemma about life, music, mental health and everything in between.
Tune in from 10pm tonight to listen!

21/05/2025

🌈 Happy new episode day!! Join us tonight from 10pm as we continue the kōrero and discuss q***r spaces in Ōtepoti|Dunedin.

Listen on Spotify and OAR at 105.4fm 🌈

16/05/2025

🌈 TRU = The Rainbow Umbrella 🌈

How do you be TRU to yourself and to your rainbow friends and whānau?

Logo design by friend of the pod and all around good egg 💜

08/05/2025

If you don't have Spotify, you can listen to TRU on YouTube too! :) Click the link to have a listen

Kia ora and welcome to The Rainbow Umbrella, the podcast where we talk about anything and everything, under the rainbow! Wanna support us, click the link below to join our Patron https://patreon.com/TheRainbowUmbrella

09/04/2025

Beyond excited to announce that The Rainbow Umbrella has received a grant from

This money will go towards the continued recording and production of the podcast and I am incredibly grateful for the aroha and the support I have received from this wonderful organization!

The Trust raises and donates funds to LGBTTQIA+ led community organisations, Pride events and activities across Aotearoa, provides scholarships to young LGBTTQIA+ students completing tertiary education and orchestrator of GiveOUT Day, the annual peer to peer rainbow giving day.

Over 25 years, the Rainbow NZ Charitable Trust has distributed almost $80,000 with grants to over 130 organisations and through giving over 80 scholarships to our rainbow community leaders of the future.

Make sure to check them out and if you have the means to support this wonderful organisation it would mean a lot if you could 🌈

26/03/2025

Happy new episode day! I've flipped it a little this month and find myself on the other side of the microphone. Tune in from 10pm tonight to get to know me a little more and the origins of TRU!

04/03/2025

🌈 Same host, new umbrella 🌈

I've been thinking a lot recently about the rainbow umbrella and the journey it has taken me on the last couple of years. I'm looking forward to sharing these thoughts with you soon!

I'd also like to hear from you - is there anything you'd like to hear on TRU? Have an idea for an episode? Do you wanna join me for a chat? Flick me a message I would love to hear your thoughts!

01/03/2025

Dunedin drag gives me life!

27/02/2025

Here it is folks - the Real Housewives episode! Never thought I would find myself interested in the Real Housewives but turns out they're more fun than you'd think! Tune in to join me and the lovely Lizzie unpicking what makes them so fascinating!