Body Positive Inc. is a peer support organisation, founded by and run for, all people living with HIV in New Zealand.
We offer support services for people living with HIV, helping to break down isolation and building a sense of community, while advocating on behalf of people living with HIV at a national level.
Body Positive Inc. was set up in response to the emergence of HIV in the early 1980s. As an independent and autonomous initiative started by HIV positive people it was different from other organisations in the field. Body Positive had, and maintains, the unique perspective of “knowing first hand” what it is like to live with the virus and the issues surrounding being HIV+. As such we are able to tailor our services accordingly.
Body Positive was officially incorporated in 1994 as New Zealand’s only national HIV+ peer support organisation at that time.
