Annah Stretton (born December 1959) is a New Zealand fashion designer, entrepreneur and philanthropist. Her fashion business grew to 34 stores in New Zealand and Australia, regularly showing at fashion weeks in New Zealand and Australia. Stretton expanded into publishing in 2005, becoming the owner and editor of Her Business, a magazine focused on female entrepreneurs, and Pink Magazine, a breast cancer publication. Stretton has also authored 5 books including Wise Heart: 10 Strategies for Success in Business & Life (2010).
Stretton has been involved in a number of charities, particularly, Reclaim Another Woman, a residential programme for female offenders. She currently chairs the Waikato Women's Refuge board and was a UNICEF NZ board member from 2015 to 2020. Stretton has twice been nominated for New Zealander of the Year, in 2017 and 2019. In 2008, she was awarded the New Zealand Order of Merit in the New Year's honours for services to fashion, business, and community.
Stretton grew up in Hawkes Bay, New Zealand where she attended Karamu High School. She enrolled in art school and then pursued a degree in accountancy.
In 2022, while pursuing a Master of Social Science (Public Policy) at the University of Waikato, Stretton wrote a dissertation to privilege the voices of incarcerated women as part of a masters in MÃÂori and Indigenous studies.
In 2025, after completing a Master of Visual Arts in photography at WINTEC, Stretton created the RAW Beauty exhibition in collaboration with RAW participants, to illuminate the contributions of women with a history of incarceration through consented imagery.
Stretton first worked at a Waikato clothing company as an accountant.
Stretton launched her fashion label from a dairy farm in Morrinsville, in the Waikato. At its peak, the company expanded to 34 stores across New Zealand and Australia. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the brand moved into accessories and homeware.
In 2004, Stretton debuted on the World of Wearable Art (WOW) stage with Beauty and the Beast. The piece was also displayed for several years at the World of Wearable Art and Classic Car Museum in Nelson. At the 2005 WOW, Stretton entered a piece entitled Reluctant Bride: Bird of Prey. In 2006, she entered Black Tie followed by her 2007 entry, Queen of Hearts. In 2008, Stretton accepted an invitation to join the WOW judging panel.
Stretton showed at New Zealand Fashion Week (NZFW) annual event between 2002 and 2015 as well as appearing a number of times at Australian Fashion Week.
In 2014, Stretton set up Reclaim Another Woman (RAW), a reintegrative residential programme to support women leaving prison. RAW has been recognised by the New Zealand Department of Corrections for its rehabilitation framework. In 2018, Stretton expanded the programme to RAW on the Inside at Auckland Regional Women's Corrections Facility.
Stretton was invited by the chief executive of Te Whakaruruhau (Waikato Women's Refuge), New Zealand's first MÃÂori women's refuge, to join the board. Stretton has been the chair of the Waikato Women's Refuge board since 2015.
Stretton was on the True Colours Children's Health Trust Board between 2004 and 2009, purchasing a property in the Waikato for the trust's work and creating the trust's annual fundraising event, The Long Lunch.