Our News & Views

July 10, 2025

This is what happens when fashion is guided by courage, not compromise. When we prioritise people over profit, and choose dignity over discounts - real lives are changed.

December 06, 2021

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!

#Waikato Business News

June 26, 2020

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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#Holi Boli

December 21, 2019

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.

June 30, 2019

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!

December 22, 2018

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...

February 04, 2025

Every Holi Boli garment begins not with a machine, but with intention — a story woven into fabric and stitched by women whose work matters.

#We Made Your Clothes

Janaki sewing at Holi Boli (Good Magazine Photo)

May 21, 2021

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...

February 26, 2020

Rubi from Holi Boli gets married.

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#Love Your Sisters

#Wedding

July 13, 2019

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.

February 19, 2019

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...

December 15, 2018

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...

July 10, 2025

This is what happens when fashion is guided by courage, not compromise. When we prioritise people over profit, and choose dignity over discounts - real lives are changed.

February 04, 2025

Every Holi Boli garment begins not with a machine, but with intention — a story woven into fabric and stitched by women whose work matters.

#We Made Your Clothes

December 06, 2021

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!

#Waikato Business News

May 21, 2021

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...

June 26, 2020

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'...

#Causes

#Holi Boli