Let’s Talk – A podcast with Annah Stretton & Shannon on RAW
Annah and Shannon present a talk on the importance of dialogue in the incarceration landscape, a presentation for the 2025 EPEA (European Prison Education Association) held in Northern Macedonia
New Zealand Women’s Weekly: A cup of tea with… Annah Stretton
Sew far so good. The Kiwi designer has fashioned a family empire that’s taken off since making Covid masks for charity.
RAW has 80 candles on its birthday cake
For the last eight years, Annah Stretton (a social entrepreneur ) and her sister Rebecca Skilton (a mental health practitioner) have worked in the New[...]
The RAW Advantage
Annah Stretton, best known as one of NZ’s most successful and enduring fashion designer and business entrepreneurs with 26 years in the fashion industry, is[...]
The business of prison and fashion
Prison visit gives AUT student a unique perspective Double major business and fashion student Fiona Bongartz got far more than she expected when signing up[...]
Annah Stretton: Bringing hope to women prisoners
Annah Stretton is a name you probably wouldn't associate with prison.. but for five years, the fashion designer and social entrepreneur and her sister Rebecca,[...]
Drug dealers turn entrepreneurs in Waikato University course at Auckland women’s prison
Prisoners who have learnt business lessons in drug dealing are being taught how to turn their skills to the good in a remarkable new course[...]
Annah Stretton on The AM Show talking The RAW Truth
Annah Stretton is a household name amongst fashionistas for her unique flare and unwavering success. But what may not be as well known is[...]
The Entrepreneurial Inmate
The University of Waikato is giving inmates at the country’s biggest women’s prison the chance to change their lives through education. It is working with RAW,[...]
What is your normal?
Look at your life, think about what you consider the norm, then forget everything you know. What most of us take for granted – home,[...]
Methamphetamine is creating NZ’s latest wave of mumpreneurs
OPINION: If I had to pinpoint an issue that consistently strikes fear deep into the heart of the everyday New Zealanders, I would immediately single out[...]










