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Going Bananas…..

Thanks to Chris Morrison, Matthew Morrison and Simon Coley from All Good Organics, New Zealanders are now lucky enough to have access to fairtrade bananas.  These super bananas are grown by farmers who get paid a fair and stable price.

For more info check out, http://allgoodbananas.co.nz/fairtrade-bananas/ or     http://www.checkoutfairtrade.org.nz/

Kowtow Summer Sale 25-50% Off Everything!

25-50% off everything online

Kowtow Stockroom Sale @ Starfish

Three days into the Kowtow stockroom sale at Starfish, make sure you get down to grab a Kowtow bargin before they’re all gone!

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Kowtow Stockroom Sale at Starfish – from Wed 10th to Wed 17th

Kowtow has given Starfish their entire stockroom for a week – so come into the Wgtn or Chch Starfish store to check out the fair trade, organic bargains.
Summer 2010 tees $59, Winter 2009 tees $49, Hoodys from $89, Womans fashion styles from $69.

Christchurch – 100 Cashel Mall
Ph: (03) 365 7497, E: christchurch@starfish.co.nz

Wellington – 128 Willis Street
Ph: (04) 385 3722, E: wellington@starfish.co.nz

Massive Attack new album tracks

Very cool Gaurdian weekly podcast special on the new Massive Attack album here

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Kowtow in Calcutta

Yesterday we met for the first time with our peeps in India, we’ve been looking forward to this for a long time. We got to meet everyone and got a tour of the very impressive factory. Over 500 people work in this building with some seriously impressive kit and work-flows. Gosia is there today checking on our summer 10/11 samples before we head to some of our cotton farms in the next couple of days. We’ll post some video and more shots soon. From India with love… Kowtow

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more shots on our facebook page

Mark De Clive-Lowe in our bus tee

Mark De Clive-Lowe in our ‘bus tee’ on the cover of ESP DJ Classics Vol 5: From Cali With Love.

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Street Advertising Takeover

There’s a wall just outside our workroom which is illegally bill posted, been meaning to create some art out of it for a while, these guys have inspired me.

As seen on Adbusters

100% Upcycled Bags

This week we launched our 100% upcycled bag. The outer is made from Kowtow Fairtrade Organic Tees, lining is excess stock sourced from a fashion workroom and the handles are made from hessian coffee sacks donated by Peoples Coffee. Each bag also comes with a free kowtow music compilation CD featuring some of NZ’s best. A über ethical Xmas pressie available with one of four different prints! Bag Designed by Kassy Hayden from Hubert & Rhymes.

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Pedro – Troddin the Trench – heavy dubs

Pedro – Troddin The Trenches Of Rhythm & Sound by Baby Steps Music on Mixcloud

There’s some seriously heavy dubs in this gem of a mix. If you like your dubs so thick you can cut them with a knife, listen here!!!