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Waikato Business News
Waikato Business News

On the cover of a magazine.  LOL.   Waikato Business News covers the Holi Boli story.  Find out what we have been up to in Hamilton!
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Supporting 'the Cause'
Love that boy in market

There are many 'causes' in the world at the moment.  Good causes!   Things that need to be addressed!  One of the slogans used in the New Zealand Covid-19 lockdown was 'Be Kind'...
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2019 December - Holi Boli in the "New Zealand Listener" Magazine
2019 December - Holi Boli in the "New Zealand Listener" Magazine

A link to a story about Holi Boli in the "New Zealand Listener" Magazine.  The article interviews our good friend Jodie Woods from Tonic & Cloth.
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2019 May - New Site Up - Lots of Thank You's to Many People
2019 May - New Site Up - Lots of Thank You's to Many People

The Holi Boli site has been re-launched.  We are so proud of what a very special team has produced.  Holi Boli wants to say thanks to those who were involved in all the hard work getting things done.  धन्यवाद! THANKS!
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2018 December - Holi Boli Christmas Picnic

All in the van with our equipment Every year we go on our annual Holi Boli Christmas Picnic. We load up the van with people, uncooked food, pots and firewood. There is not a single space left in the van. We are peas in a pod bursting at the seems. I am not sure that it meets western safety standards but it does meet our standard of fun. LOL. We drive down to the local river and find us a great...
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2018 September - New Zealand Fashion Week with Tonic & Cloth
2018 September - New Zealand Fashion Week with Tonic & Cloth

The New Zealand Fashion Week was a real blast.  A dream come true thanks to Tonic & Cloth who choose to partner with Holi Boli to make their clothes ethically with sustainable materials. We are really proud to be working with Tonic & Cloth as they stand for empowering the women and our planet. Jodie has passionately poured her life into getting her label up and running and it has been a privilege...
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Feeding 21 families in India is keeping Ana up at night
Janaki sewing at Holi Boli (Good Magazine Photo)

By Good Magazine - May 21, 2021 From a garage in rural Waikato, Kiwi seamstress Ana Wilkinson-Gee keeps sewing dresses to sell, in order to keep funding the village women...
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2020 February - A Holi Boli Wedding
2020 February - A Holi Boli Wedding

Rubi from Holi Boli gets married.
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2019 July - Back To Work

Back to Work!  The summer has finished and Holi Boli is back into full swing.  Special thanks to those who helped us purchase some ACs.  Ana had some amazing meetings in New Zealand and meet some amazing people.  We all feel excited by the new branding and encouraged to get into work again.
Read more
2019 February - Holi Boli Staff Medical

It was really awesome to have some very very qualified nurses (holding masters degrees and many years experience) come and visit us at Holi Boli from New Zealand. We all took turns to have a medical check up. We all had our Blood Pressures done and number of other tests. We answered a lot of questions. Fortunately, we are all pretty healthy. Our results are all on file for the next check up and we...
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2018 December - Graduation
2018 December - Graduation

Another awesome class of graduates from the Holi Boli Sewing Centre.  We teach stitching, pattern making and designing to students.  Most of them take these new skills and get work.  We even get to hire a few of them at Holi Boli for our clothing manufacture side. Graduates of December 2018 The course runs for 4 months. The students learn the very basics such as cutting with scissors and threading...
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2018 August - New Zealand Fashion Weekend Here We Come!

Exciting Holi Boli news....Wow! It is amazing how life turns out. When I chose to come live in the backwoods of India I thought I had traded all the glitter and glam of the fashion world for the heat and dust of beautiful India. Apparently not! I am going to the New Zealand Fashion Week (NZFW) all because of another NZ woman's dream to empower women in rural India. Jodie Woods started Tonic &...
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Waikato Business News
Waikato Business News

On the cover of a magazine.  LOL.   Waikato Business News covers the Holi Boli story.  Find out what we have been up to in Hamilton!
Read more
Feeding 21 families in India is keeping Ana up at night
Janaki sewing at Holi Boli (Good Magazine Photo)

By Good Magazine - May 21, 2021 From a garage in rural Waikato, Kiwi seamstress Ana Wilkinson-Gee keeps sewing dresses to sell, in order to keep funding the village women...
Read more
Supporting 'the Cause'
Love that boy in market

There are many 'causes' in the world at the moment.  Good causes!   Things that need to be addressed!  One of the slogans used in the New Zealand Covid-19 lockdown was 'Be Kind'...
Read more
2020 February - A Holi Boli Wedding
2020 February - A Holi Boli Wedding

Rubi from Holi Boli gets married.
Read more
2019 December - Holi Boli in the "New Zealand Listener" Magazine
2019 December - Holi Boli in the "New Zealand Listener" Magazine

A link to a story about Holi Boli in the "New Zealand Listener" Magazine.  The article interviews our good friend Jodie Woods from Tonic & Cloth.
Read more
2019 July - Back To Work

Back to Work!  The summer has finished and Holi Boli is back into full swing.  Special thanks to those who helped us purchase some ACs.  Ana had some amazing meetings in New Zealand and meet some amazing people.  We all feel excited by the new branding and encouraged to get into work again.
Read more
2019 May - New Site Up - Lots of Thank You's to Many People
2019 May - New Site Up - Lots of Thank You's to Many People

The Holi Boli site has been re-launched.  We are so proud of what a very special team has produced.  Holi Boli wants to say thanks to those who were involved in all the hard work getting things done.  धन्यवाद! THANKS!
Read more
2019 February - Holi Boli Staff Medical

It was really awesome to have some very very qualified nurses (holding masters degrees and many years experience) come and visit us at Holi Boli from New Zealand. We all took turns to have a medical check up. We all had our Blood Pressures done and number of other tests. We answered a lot of questions. Fortunately, we are all pretty healthy. Our results are all on file for the next check up and we...
Read more
2018 December - Holi Boli Christmas Picnic

All in the van with our equipment Every year we go on our annual Holi Boli Christmas Picnic. We load up the van with people, uncooked food, pots and firewood. There is not a single space left in the van. We are peas in a pod bursting at the seems. I am not sure that it meets western safety standards but it does meet our standard of fun. LOL. We drive down to the local river and find us a great...
Read more
2018 December - Graduation
2018 December - Graduation

Another awesome class of graduates from the Holi Boli Sewing Centre.  We teach stitching, pattern making and designing to students.  Most of them take these new skills and get work.  We even get to hire a few of them at Holi Boli for our clothing manufacture side. Graduates of December 2018 The course runs for 4 months. The students learn the very basics such as cutting with scissors and threading...
Read more
2018 September - New Zealand Fashion Week with Tonic & Cloth
2018 September - New Zealand Fashion Week with Tonic & Cloth

The New Zealand Fashion Week was a real blast.  A dream come true thanks to Tonic & Cloth who choose to partner with Holi Boli to make their clothes ethically with sustainable materials. We are really proud to be working with Tonic & Cloth as they stand for empowering the women and our planet. Jodie has passionately poured her life into getting her label up and running and it has been a privilege...
Read more
2018 August - New Zealand Fashion Weekend Here We Come!

Exciting Holi Boli news....Wow! It is amazing how life turns out. When I chose to come live in the backwoods of India I thought I had traded all the glitter and glam of the fashion world for the heat and dust of beautiful India. Apparently not! I am going to the New Zealand Fashion Week (NZFW) all because of another NZ woman's dream to empower women in rural India. Jodie Woods started Tonic &...
Read more