Erotica Expo

Erotica Lifestyles Expo
Status Active
Genre Adult
Location(s) Auckland
Country New Zealand
Inaugurated 2000
Most recent 13–15 August 2010
Attendance 20,000+
Organized by Steve Crow
Website
http://www.eroticaexpo.co.nz/

The Erotica Lifestyles Expo, informally known as "Erotica" is an adult entertainment convention held annually in Auckland, New Zealand and in a number of New Zealand regional cities semi-annually.

The 2010 Erotica Auckland, held from 13 to 15 August 2010, was the 18th Erotica Lifestyles Expo to be held in New Zealand and featured pornstars such as Nina Hartley, Buck Angel, Tory Lane, Gina Lynn and Dana DeArmond.

The conventions have been promoted by organiser and pornographer Steve Crow via a controversial Boobs on Bikes parade of topless pornstars and local men and women in various New Zealand cities.

The expo was first held in 2000, with about 50 retailers and erotica-related businesses in attendance.[1] In 2004, the attendance was about 30,000 people, with around 130 exhibitors.[2]

Parade controversy

Main article: Boobs on Bikes

In 2006, substantial media coverage of attempts to ban the parade led to several weeks of political and moral debate in local political circles (with the mayor Dick Hubbard condemning the parade and the expo), the public and the media, resulting in the parade drawing several tens of thousands of spectators.[3][4] In 2007, the parade received a Council permit, which incited another, much smaller debate, with attendance at the parade also being much smaller.[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ "Hold the sleaze, please at NZ's first 'Sexpo'". The New Zealand Herald. 5 August 2000. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
  2. ↑ Stuart Dye (26 July 2004). "Public expo-sure takes off". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
  3. ↑ Bernard Orsman (8 August 2006). "Boobs on Bikes given green light without telling councillors". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
  4. ↑ Kerre Woodham (27 August 2006). "Kerre Woodham: Parade showed Crow is no boob". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
  5. ↑ Alanah Eriksen (17 August 2007). "Boobs on Bikes gets council permit". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
  6. ↑ "Large crowds line Queen St for Boobs on Bikes parade". The New Zealand Herald. 22 August 2007. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
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