New Zealand Fashion Week, also known as NZ Fashion Week or NZFW, is an annual

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held in New Zealand.

History

New Zealand Fashion Week held its first show on 23 October 2001, opened by the prime minister at the time,

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. It was held at the

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and sponsored by L'Oreal (the event was called L'Oreal New Zealand Fashion Week until 2004). In 2004,

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replaced L'Oreal as the naming rights sponsor of the event and the new main venue was moved to the Alinghi and Team New Zealand sheds at the

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in Auckland. In 2009, Air New Zealand dropped its naming rights sponsorship for the show. In 2014, the event moved to the Viaduct Events Centre. In 2019, NZFW moved back to the original venue at the Auckland Town Hall. Dame Pieter Stewart, founder of the event, sold it to Faroz Ali in May 2021. The 2020, 2021 & 2022 fashion weeks were all cancelled. In 2020, the event was cancelled due to the

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, and postponed until 2021, which was later cancelled. The 2022 show was also cancelled. For the return of NZFW in 2023,

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will display her new collection at the show, and the show will also focus on Māoritanga, sustainably and consumers.

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