Freighting your garment

Designers are responsible for the costs of freighting their garment to and from the World of WearableArt™ in Nelson. There are several different ways to achieve this:

  • Utilising our fantastic sponsorship freighting with Mainfreight Ltd (see below for more information)
  • Hand delivering your garment to the Wardrobe team in Nelson and collecting from there when it is ready to be returned
  • Using alternative freighting or courier or postal companies from your city or country. We will then return the garment to you using the cheapest method we can find, at your cost. We will contact you in advance to arrange this.

MAINFREIGHT LIMITED

The official Montana World of WearableArt freight sponsor

Mainfreight supports designers by providing an opportunity to freight their garments to and from the World of WearableArt™ in Nelson FREE from the cities of Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin and with a small handling fee from Sydney, Melbourne, Los Angeles, New York, Shanghai and Hong Kong.

In addition, Mainfreight offers a 20% discount off the standard freighting cost for entrants who live outside those cities to send it to their nearest collection depot. There are 28 depots around New Zealand – check out http://www.mainfreight.co.nz/ for information on your closest depot.  This offer is not available outside of the specified dates.

Please note, designers are responsible for packaging garments securely as if the garments were being couriered separately. Garments packed firmly in smaller boxes are much safer than those loosely packed in oversized boxes.

It is also the designers' responsibility to insure the garment.

Please note that International Designers who do not send their garment to New Zealand via Mainfreight will need to pay for the return shipping of their garment. Small garments may be cheaper to send to and from NZ via your local postal services rather than by Mainfreight, due to the handling and customs fees payable.

Some specific  conditions for international designers to follow when sending garments to New Zealand are:

  • Before entering a garment which uses animal or plant products, establish whether the products are protected by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES)
  • Ensure that your entry is accompanied by the necesary export documentation from the CITES authority in the country of origin
  • When shipping to New Zealand ensure that the contents, and any biological material, are fully declared on the package and customs declaration. All costs must be covered by the designer
  • Please visit the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries' website for more information on importing your garment into New Zealand
  • Please print and use the official Address Label generated as part of the online Entry Form B to ship your garment.
  • When filling out your documentation please ensure you mark the box containing your garment with ''Temporary Exhibit Only. Not for retail sale" and use a nominal value for your garment (eg. Less than AUD $100 or US $150). Please note that this is not a reflection of the true value of your garment, it is merely for customs purposes - you may insure your garment to any value. Mark your garment as 'Deliver Duty Paid'

If you weren't able to print off the automatic address label from our online Entry Form B, the shipping address for your garments is:

WOW Entry
World of WearableArt Ltd
95 Quarantine Rd
Annesbrook
Nelson
New Zealand
Attn: Wardrobe team

Section: xxx section
Garment Name: xxx

We wish you all the best with your entry in the 2010 Montana WOW® Awards and look forward to seeing your wonderful works of art.