We wanted to take a moment to say a HUGE thank you to the businesses who have currently partnered with us to support Revel & Run 2026!
Alpine Activations
@breakwater.insurance@offcut@27secondswine
Go check out the mahi they do and show them so love! 👍
If you are part of a business who would like to be part of Revel & Run, we would love to hear from you! Send us a DM or email 😊
A kaleidoscope of colourful highlights captured at the @benchmarkhomesnz@canterburywomenssurfchamps event at Sumner Beach, Christchurch this past weekend!
🩷 🏄🏼♀️ 🤙🏾 🧜🏽♀️ 🌊 🙌🏽
An epic weekend of Wahine surfing for all to enjoy!
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Images captured by the talented @annaheasleyphotography 📸 👌🏾
Have you registered for your division????
🚨🚨ENTRIES CLOSE WEDNESDAY 4th March🚨🚨
Once registered you should receive an email (PLZ CHECK UR JUNK MAIL) with all info you need for a ripper of a comp weekend NEXT WEEK. Please reach out if you haven’t received this or have any questions at all.
We kick things off with rego night 7pm Thursday 5th @ North Wai Boardriders club rooms
We are fiiiiiiiiiizzing 🏄♀️🏄♀️🏄♀️
Offcut Caps were one of the first brands in Aotearoa to really catch my eye.
They take fabric offcuts and other textiles destined for landfill and turn them into limited-run hats.
Simple. Logical. Necessary. And so so cool!!
In New Zealand alone, textile waste is estimated to be the equivalent of every single person throwing away around 150 t-shirts each year, according to Offcut. That’s the scale of the problem and exactly what they’re combatting.
I’ve always admired their clarity of purpose, and they’re proving that what we call ‘waste’ is more than often just material waiting for new intentions.
And to help offset manufacturing emissions, they plant a tree for every cap sold through Eden Reforestation Projects.
Small product. Big statement.
Circularity doesn’t have to be complicated. It can simply be using what’s already here.
High five!
Image credit 🤍 @offcut
Prize Giving Saturday 7th 6pm (ish)
Wāhine, with just a couple weeks to go 😱😱😱 we are excited to announce we will be holding the prize giving party at the @sumnerpostoffice courtyard after the final heats of the day are all wrapped up! Whether you get placed or not 🏅 Hāere mai , we always love to see you come down and support each other!!
Be sure to grab a drink / dinner / hot chippies and stick around for local band Down The Rabbit Hole 🍻
Like last year, we think it’d be pretty nice to get together (for those who are around and keen) again on the Sunday morning .. watch this space for more info on Sunday Funday to follow 🏄♀️🧘🏼♀️☕️🥓🍳
YOUR @benchmarkhomesnz 23rd Annual CANTERBURY WOMENS SURF CHAMPS 2026
📆 7th / 8th March
🚨 Registrations are CLOSED🚨
Whether you are a serious shredder looking to stack points or just keen to have a go at comps and get amongst the fun and rapidly evolving culture of Women’s Surfing in Aotearoa, come and get amongst it there will be a division for you 🫶🏻 if you live out of Chch then we warmly welcome you and encourage you to make the mission out for the weekend you won’t regret it!
Festivities kick off (as per tradition) on Thursday 7pm 5th March for rego night at North Wai Boardriders Club 🍻, Saturday is comp day 🤙🤙 more details to come
Hāere Mai
Xx Southern Wāhine
Supporting NZ workshops this festive season! We have been carefully curating a list of Ōtautahi retailers stocking NZ made fashion, and formatting for a brochure to share in all our favourite spots around Chch ♥️
Creating connections these holidays, highlighting the unique, gorgeous and mindful garments you can acquire locally 🫶
Lots of love, Esther 🤳
We’re doing skits now….
I made a skit about skits…. I call it SKITCEPTION 😜
But seriously skits can be a fun way to mix your content up or share all your multiple personalities 😉
It begins…
Announcing the Fabric Forward Upcycling Design Challenge ✨️WINNERS✨️
Congratulations to:
👗 CLOTHING: Sue Mrozinski & Alise Dumble
👛 ACCESSORY: Josh Bognar
Thank you to everyone who entered! We had some amazing entries from all over Aotearoa and you should all be so proud of your submissions! Watch this space and we'll be sharing more about the winning entries and announcing highly commended entries soon 👀
Another huge thank you to our incredible sponsors that made this challenge possible!
@fash_rev_newzealand@nzfashionwk@recycleboutiquenz@untouchedworldnz@dovehospicenz@offcut@wearethefabricstore@collectorsanonymous@outlivofficial@mrspress@mandy.chamberlin
#FRNZUpcyclingDesignChallenge #SustainableFashion #nzcompetition #fashiondesign #upcyclingfashion
As we do our final deliberations to choose our winners, here's a reminder of the amazing prizes up for grabs from our awesome sponsors 🎉🏅🎫💸🏷🧦🎁🧢📖🧵
#frnzupcyclingdesignchallenge #SustainableFashion #nzcompetition #nzfashion
“We want to put ourselves out of business.”
That’s the goal driving @offcut team member @jrmw26 , to design waste out of the system entirely. A finalist in last year’s Circular Business Innovation Award, Offcut is reshaping how fashion and business approach surplus materials.
From textile scraps to corporate collaborations, their work proves that circular thinking can scale. In one standout project, they partnered with Aperol Spritz to repurpose old branded umbrellas from bars and cafés into limited-run caps, gifting the results back as meaningful, made-from-waste Christmas presents.
Watch Jeff share how Offcut is using design, business, and collaboration to push towards a future with less waste, and why their endgame is to eliminate the need for what they do entirely
🌱 Entries for the 2025 Circular Business Innovation Award are now open.
Redesigning your packaging? Shifting your supply chain? Cutting out waste? This award celebrates businesses transforming how fashion works through product, service, or systems innovation.
Why enter?
This award offers more than recognition:
🏆 National exposure for your circular approach
🏆 Expert feedback from sustainability and industry leaders
🏆 A seat at the table at the 2025 Circular Design Awards Gala 🔗 Tap the link in bio to learn more and submit your entry.
