Dress For Success Hamilton NZ

10/10/2026

If you support and love what we do - please take 1 min to give us your vote 🙏.

Who gets your vote? ✈️

Have your say in the Air New Zealand People’s Choice Award and support your favourite Waikato Business Awards finalist.

Simply select your favourite business name to cast your vote. It takes 30 seconds!

The winning organisation will receive $3,000 of travel courtesy of Air New Zealand.

Show your support and help your favourite business take home the People’s Choice Award!

🔗 https://waikatochamber503.outgrow.us/2026waikatobusinessawards-peopleschoice

08/10/2026

This is it – our last Sip & Shop of 2026 is tomorrow!

We're so excited to welcome you to our final Sip & Shop of the year, and we've saved the best for last. Think racks full of gorgeous preloved high quality clothes and shoes (sizes 6-26!), complimentary bubbles, and that warm fuzzy feeling that comes from supporting a great cause.

Here's what's in store:

Amazing preloved designer and quality brand clothes & shoes
Labels like Trelise Cooper, Moochi, Kilt, Gorman, Workshop, Cos and more
All sizes available (6-26)
Unbeatable prices
FREE bubbles while you browse
The perfect opportunity to find your Christmas party outfit or Melbourne Cup dress!

Event Details: 📅 Date: Friday 09 October
🕓 Time: 4:00 PM – 6:30 PM
📍 Location: Craigs Investment Partners Hamilton, Union Square, 2/32 Hood Street, Hamilton Central
🎟️ Entry: FREE!

Bring your friends, bring your shopping bags, and let's make this final event one to remember. Every purchase helps us continue empowering women across the Waikato – and that's something worth celebrating!

Huge thanks to our sponsors Craigs Investment Partners Hamilton and The Lion Foundation for their generous support.

29/09/2026

🚨 LAST CHANCE! Ticket sales for Rise & Shine close tomorrow, 30 September.

120 amazing humans have already booked. Come and join them! 🎉

Here's what your ticket gets you:
🥐 Breakfast at The Atrium, Wintec with Mr Goodfellow
🎤 A panel with Fiona Michel, Annette Presley ONZM, Annah Stretton & Erica Tikitiki-Brooks, hosted by MC Nicola Turner from Mainstream Green
💛 A direct donation to Dress for Success Hamilton. Every dollar goes straight to dressing and supporting women in our community

✨ Rise & Shine: No Baggage, Just Brilliance Breakfast
🗓️ Thursday 8 October | 7:30-9:30am
📍 The Atrium, Wintec Hamilton City Campus

Bring your team. Bring a friend. Bring someone who needs a spark. 💛

👉 Grab your tickets before they close: https://events.humanitix.com/rise-and-shine-no-baggage-just-brilliance-breakfast:

A powerful morning celebrating Waikato women's journeys, resilience, and collective strength.

27/09/2026

Don't miss out. Tickets to this superb event are only available up until 30 September. Already a 100 wonderful people are supporting this event which is guaranteed to uplift your October. https://events.humanitix.com/rise-and-shine-no-baggage-just-brilliancebreakfast/tickets.
Recap of what you get:
☕ Breakfast at The Atrium, Wintec Hamilton City Campus with Mr Goodfellow
🎤 An inspiring panel - Fiona Michel, Annette Presley, Annah Stretton & Erica Tikitiki-Brooks, with MC Nicola Turner from Mainstream Green.
💛 A direct donation to our service. Every dollar goes straight to dressing and supporting women in our community
You're not just attending an event. You're helping us build a Waikato where women thrive in work and life.
Rise & Shine: No Baggage, Just Brilliance Breakfast
📅 Thursday 8 October 2026 | 7:30–9:30am
📍 The Atrium, Wintec Hamilton City Campus
Bring your team. Bring a friend. Bring someone who needs a spark of inspiration. Psst: The VIP tickets are the best value

A powerful morning celebrating Waikato women's journeys, resilience, and collective strength.

25/09/2026

Psst it's not too late to be a VIP! Tickets to our Rise & Shine event are only on sale until 30 September. If you're keen to donate your time and investment to us, here's exactly what that gets you (and gives back):
☕ Breakfast at The Atrium, Wintec Hamilton City Campus with Mr Goodfellow
🎤 An inspiring panel - Fiona Michel, Annette Presley Dream Foundation, Annah Stretton & Erica Tikitiki-Brooks, with MC Nicola Turner from Mainstream Green
💛 A direct donation to our service. Every dollar goes straight to dressing and supporting women in our community
You're not just attending an event. You're helping us build a Waikato where women thrive in work and life.
Rise & Shine: No Baggage, Just Brilliance Breakfast
📅 Thursday 8 October 2026 | 7:30–9:30am
📍 The Atrium, Wintec Hamilton City Campus
Bring your team. Bring a friend. Bring someone who needs a spark of inspiration. Psst: The VIP tickets are the best value - check out the pic.
🎟️ Tickets:

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23/09/2026

💛 A HUGE thank you to our incredible Rise & Shine supporters! 💛

The generosity behind this year's raffle items, goodie bags, and silent auction items has completely blown us away. To every business and person who donated a prize — you're directly helping us dress and support wāhine across the Waikato. Ngā mihi nui!

A massive shoutout to:

Stephen Barker Photography
Dairy Women's Network
Mainstream Green
Flora And Thread
MatteBlack Café & Catering Co.
Raglan Roast
Fergus Bar & Kitchen
Wooden Spoon
Fiona Michel
ChocolateWorks NZ Ltd
Taking Shape
Caci
Clarence Street Theatre
Skout Collective
Annah Stretton
Annette Presley Dream Foundation
The Village Co.

Every raffle ticket purchased, every VIP goodie bag brought, every silent auction bid goes straight back into our mission ✨ helping us dress over 350 women this year and giving them the confidence to walk into new opportunities.

If you haven't grabbed your ticket to Rise & Shine yet, now's the time 👉 come along, enjoy breakfast, hear from an amazing panel, and take home a little extra magic from these amazing prizes.

🎟️ Tickets: https://events.humanitix.com/rise-and-shine-no-baggage-just-brilliance-breakfast/tickets

Thank you for backing wāhine in our community. This event ✨ and everything it funds ✨ simply wouldn't be possible without you. 🩷

21/09/2026

We really need your financial support to help our great organisation do good for women and their families in the Waikato. Please consider the donation of your time to attend and ticket purchase for you, your team, or someone who would just be inspired, if you can.

This year we're on track to dress over 350 wāhine for free. That's roughly one woman, every single day, walking into a new opportunity with confidence and economic mobility.

So when you buy a ticket to Rise & Shine, here's exactly what that gets you (and gives back):

☕ Breakfast at The Atrium, Wintec Hamilton City Campus
🎤 An inspiring panel - Fiona Michel, Annette Presley Dream Foundation, Annah Stretton & Erica Tikitiki-Brooks, with MC Nicola Turner from Mainstream Green
💛 A direct donation to our service. Every dollar goes straight to dressing and supporting women in our community

You're not just attending an event. You're helping us build a Waikato where women thrive in work and life.

Rise & Shine: No Baggage, Just Brilliance Breakfast
📅 Thursday 8 October 2026 | 7:30–9:30am
📍 The Atrium, Wintec Hamilton City Campus

Bring your team. Bring a friend. Bring someone who needs a spark of inspiration.

🎟️ Tickets: https://events.humanitix.com/rise-and-shine-no-baggage-just-brilliance-breakfast/tickets

Ngā mihi nui - we can't wait to see you there. 🩷

A powerful morning celebrating Waikato women's journeys, resilience, and collective strength.

18/09/2026

👏 Meet Witney - dressed by our team this week and walking out the door ready for her first day in her new mahi.

Witney told us black was her comfort zone. But stepping into a new role called for something more - so she left with pops of colour and a whole lot of confidence to match.

This is exactly why we do what we do. 💛

Know someone who needs a booking, or need one yourself? Email [email protected] - we'd love to help.

Thanks to Chartwell Shopping Centre for their clothing drive last month Witney left looking and feeling like a "million bucks"!

15/09/2026

💛 Got a daughter who's finishing school or uni and staring down the "what now?" of life? Bring her to Rise & Shine: No Baggage, Just Brilliance.

This isn't your average breakfast ✨ it's a room full of wāhine business leaders sharing the real, unfiltered gold nuggets they wish someone had told them at 18, 21, or 25. Annah Stretton, Fiona Michel and Annette Presley have all built careers, brands and legacies from the ground up. Your daughter won't just hear their stories 🗝️ she'll be in a room full of the kind of women who could open doors for her next chapter.

Grab two tickets. Bring her along. Watch what happens when she sees what's possible.

🎟️ Tickets are moving — get yours here: https://events.humanitix.com/rise-and-shine-no-baggage-just-brilliance-breakfast

Dress For Success Hamilton empowers Waikato women through our free dressing programme and career services.