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Shama Fashion Fusion
Shama Fashion Fusion

Holi Boli was super proud to be supporting our sisters at Shama!  Shama (Shama Ethnic Women's Trust) is a charitable trust that empowers and supports ethnic women in New Zealand.   Shama...
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How ethical entrepreneurs go that little bit greener in their own home
How ethical entrepreneurs go that little bit greener in their own home

See original article at Stuff.co.nz How ethical entrepreneurs go that little bit greener in their own home by Mikaela Willkes - 8 January 2022 The eco-renovator - Rose Hope The...
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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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Holi Boli founders set up business in Hamilton to support India workers
Holi Boli founders set up business in Hamilton to support India workers

Click here to read the article in Hawke's Bay Today   22 May 2021 Hawkes Bay TodayBrenda Vowden   Ana and husband Daniel moved to rural India with their three...
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Interview on Radio Rhema
Interview on Radio Rhema

https://www.rhema.co.nz/shows/show/article/ethicalfashionduringcovid Holi Boli Fashionz are ethically produced, women's clothing made in India.  Spearheaded by New Zealand fashion designer Ana, Holi Boli is providing a safe and dignified employment for women...
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Ana Wilkinson-Gee from Holi Boli talks sisterhood, empowerment and lifting others up
Fair & Good - Sasmita - Holi Boli

Ana Wilkinson-Gee has been enamored with India for as long as she could remember. As a pattern-maker, she easily fell in love with the country, its vibrant colours and their...
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2022 Kauri Bay Boomrock - Life Changing Fashion Show
2022 Kauri Bay Boomrock - Life Changing Fashion Show

The 2021 NZFW was postponed to February 2022 then cancelled due to COVID-19. The Sustainable Show participants got together and created their own COVID safe streaming show from "Kauri Bay...
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The Fabric of Change
The Fabric of Change

Manawainuitanga. Going Against the Grain. Beautiful fabrics and colourful garments are easy to find in Bhalupali, a rural village in northern India. It’s a long way from Hawke’s Bay, where Ana Wilkinson-Gee grew up, but this is where she has found her purpose, founding the fashion label, Holi Boli, which supports women into training and employment, while offering its customers around the world effortless – and ethical – style. WRITER: CARLY THOMASPHOTOGRAPHERS: JARED BUCKLEY & HAMISH JOHNSON
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Lockdown postpones Holi Boli runway dream - Hawkes' Bay Today
Lockdown postpones Holi Boli runway dream - Hawkes' Bay Today

HAWKES BAY TODAY Delta Covid 19 lockdown postpones Holi Boli runway dream 19 Aug, 2021 02:00 PM Ana Wilkinson-Gee in her new sewing studio. Hawkes Bay Today By: Brenda Vowden It...
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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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Ana (Holi Boli) and Jodie (Tonic & Cloth) talk on Radio
Ana (Holi Boli) and Jodie (Tonic & Cloth) talk on Radio

Ana and Jodie talk to an interview panel on radio about slow fashion and ethical fashion. https://www.rhema.co.nz/shows/show/article/howtobeethicalinafastfashionworld  
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Ana Wilkinson-Gee from Holi Boli on creating ethical fashion in India
Ana Wilkinson-Gee from Holi Boli on creating ethical fashion in India

Click here to see the article in FASHIONZ     Ana Wilkinson-Gee from Holi Boli on creating ethical fashion in India Tuesday, 21 Apr 2020 Ana Wilkinson-Gee (far left) and...
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Shama Fashion Fusion
Shama Fashion Fusion

Holi Boli was super proud to be supporting our sisters at Shama!  Shama (Shama Ethnic Women's Trust) is a charitable trust that empowers and supports ethnic women in New Zealand.   Shama...
Read more
2022 Kauri Bay Boomrock - Life Changing Fashion Show
2022 Kauri Bay Boomrock - Life Changing Fashion Show

The 2021 NZFW was postponed to February 2022 then cancelled due to COVID-19. The Sustainable Show participants got together and created their own COVID safe streaming show from "Kauri Bay...
Read more
How ethical entrepreneurs go that little bit greener in their own home
How ethical entrepreneurs go that little bit greener in their own home

See original article at Stuff.co.nz How ethical entrepreneurs go that little bit greener in their own home by Mikaela Willkes - 8 January 2022 The eco-renovator - Rose Hope The...
Read more
The Fabric of Change
The Fabric of Change

Manawainuitanga. Going Against the Grain. Beautiful fabrics and colourful garments are easy to find in Bhalupali, a rural village in northern India. It’s a long way from Hawke’s Bay, where Ana Wilkinson-Gee grew up, but this is where she has found her purpose, founding the fashion label, Holi Boli, which supports women into training and employment, while offering its customers around the world effortless – and ethical – style. WRITER: CARLY THOMASPHOTOGRAPHERS: JARED BUCKLEY & HAMISH JOHNSON
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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
Lockdown postpones Holi Boli runway dream - Hawkes' Bay Today
Lockdown postpones Holi Boli runway dream - Hawkes' Bay Today

HAWKES BAY TODAY Delta Covid 19 lockdown postpones Holi Boli runway dream 19 Aug, 2021 02:00 PM Ana Wilkinson-Gee in her new sewing studio. Hawkes Bay Today By: Brenda Vowden It...
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Holi Boli founders set up business in Hamilton to support India workers
Holi Boli founders set up business in Hamilton to support India workers

Click here to read the article in Hawke's Bay Today   22 May 2021 Hawkes Bay TodayBrenda Vowden   Ana and husband Daniel moved to rural India with their three...
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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...
Read more
Interview on Radio Rhema
Interview on Radio Rhema

https://www.rhema.co.nz/shows/show/article/ethicalfashionduringcovid Holi Boli Fashionz are ethically produced, women's clothing made in India.  Spearheaded by New Zealand fashion designer Ana, Holi Boli is providing a safe and dignified employment for women...
Read more
Ana (Holi Boli) and Jodie (Tonic & Cloth) talk on Radio
Ana (Holi Boli) and Jodie (Tonic & Cloth) talk on Radio

Ana and Jodie talk to an interview panel on radio about slow fashion and ethical fashion. https://www.rhema.co.nz/shows/show/article/howtobeethicalinafastfashionworld  
Read more
Ana Wilkinson-Gee from Holi Boli talks sisterhood, empowerment and lifting others up
Fair & Good - Sasmita - Holi Boli

Ana Wilkinson-Gee has been enamored with India for as long as she could remember. As a pattern-maker, she easily fell in love with the country, its vibrant colours and their...
Read more
Ana Wilkinson-Gee from Holi Boli on creating ethical fashion in India
Ana Wilkinson-Gee from Holi Boli on creating ethical fashion in India

Click here to see the article in FASHIONZ     Ana Wilkinson-Gee from Holi Boli on creating ethical fashion in India Tuesday, 21 Apr 2020 Ana Wilkinson-Gee (far left) and...
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