About Barkers | The Brand

Established in 1972 the iconic name Barkers has become synonymous as one of New Zealand’s 🇳🇿 leading fashion retailers, renowned for quality & innovative Men’s & Women’s Wear. The Barkers range of apparel is designed for living - harnessing everyday style & enduring quality.


Barkers design for the life you live, what you do, what you like & where you go.


Barkers is “Made for Life” QUALITY… UNDER STATED STYLE… TRUE VALUE

ZQ Certified Traceable New Zealand Merino Wool

Barkers in committed to proving that top quality & sustainability can go hand in hand. With their deep fondness for all things Merino 🐏 they have partnered with the New Zealand Merino Co to introduce ZQ. ZQ is a wool standard indicating those New Zealand Merino growers who are committed to ethical wool 🧶production.


The New Zealand Merino Co ZQ program provides customers with traceable, sustainable & ethically produced Merino products. The platform supports farmers who are dedicated to regenerative farming 🚜 practises. The foundations for the ZQ program are ones of constant improvement, accurate measurement & shared wisdom.


By purchasing products that are part of the ZQ program you help support a new benchmark in improving wellbeing of growers, generating biodiversity & actively protecting the land for future generations.


Participants in the ZQ program collectively drive meaningful action towards a better, kinder, more positive future. 🌏

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