The Women's Lifestyle Expo runs at Hamilton's Claudelands Events Centre on Saturday 22 and Sunday 23 August 2026, 10am to 4pm, bringing more than 180 lifestyle exhibitors under one roof. It is the Hamilton leg of NZME's touring nationwide expo series.
The Women's Lifestyle Expo is a two-day consumer exhibition staged at the Claudelands Events Centre in Hamilton on Saturday 22 and Sunday 23 August 2026, with doors open from 10am to 4pm each day. The organiser describes it as a curated retail and experience event featuring over 180 lifestyle companies under one roof, spanning fashion and beauty, jewellery, health and wellness, gourmet food and beverages, art, homeware, eco-products and gifts.
The Hamilton edition is the opening date of the 2026 series, which then tours to Tauranga (Mercury Baypark, 19-20 September) and Christchurch (Wolfbrook Arena, 10-11 October).
The expo is produced by NZME (the pages and footer carry NZME Publishing Ltd branding and list it among "Other NZME Events"), the media company behind radio brands The Hits and ZM, which appear as event partners. NZME runs the Women's Lifestyle Expo as a recurring touring format across seven New Zealand regions, alongside its Home & Lifestyle Show series.
The event is marketed as a "girls' day out" for women of all ages, positioned around shopping, sampling, pampering and prize giveaways. It draws consumer foot traffic rather than trade delegates, and it is a significant sales-and-exposure platform for the small and artisan businesses that exhibit.
Claudelands Events Centre sits on the corner of Brooklyn Road and Heaphy Terrace, Claudelands, Hamilton 3214, roughly a five-minute drive from the central city. The organiser advises that public expo parking is via Gate 3 on Brooklyn Road (then Gate 3C), with limited paid on-site parking and free street parking nearby. A cafe and food-and-beverage stalls operate on site during the show.
Claudelands is Hamilton's principal exhibition and events precinct, combining a large arena with adjoining exhibition halls, which makes it a natural fit for a 180-plus stall floor plan. For out-of-town attendees, central Hamilton accommodation is a short drive from the venue, and Hamilton Airport lies to the south of the city, giving the expo good regional catchment across the wider Waikato.
As a recurring, media-backed consumer exhibition, the Women's Lifestyle Expo is a reliable anchor date in Hamilton's business-events calendar. It fills Claudelands' exhibition space for a full weekend, channels visitor spend into the Waikato, and gives regional retailers and makers a high-traffic direct-to-consumer marketplace.
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