The duo say false information has been spread about their Rainbow Storytime events.
"What worries me is that we are at risk of reawakening a culture war which we thought was concluded several decades ago."
Anti-LGBTQ demonstrations in the US last year rocketed 30-fold compared with 2017 and legal moves to restrict LGBTQ rights are on the rise.
The statistics have been released just ahead of Winter Pride in Queenstown.
Supporters of Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull were seen giving Nazi salutes and abusing LGBTQ counter-protesters at an event in Australia on Saturday.
Te Tīmatanga sets out to create a traceable, iterative living record of Takatāpui Whakapapa, writes Hāmiora Bailey.
The event is set to bring tens of thousands of people to Sydney.
Is a future tilt at the leadership on the cards?
"Expect a trip so enjoyable that the journey is just as good as the destination!"
