The National Final of the Rose of Tralee -
tickets, accommodation, schedule, contestants! Everything you need to know.
Meet the contestants, and see what they got up to in the past few National Finals.
If you're a young single woman of Irish birth OR descent, you could enter the Rose of Tralee
The 2013 National Final will be hosted by the Taranaki Irish Society over the weekend of May 16 - 19. Young women of Irish birth or descent vied for the honour of being the New Zealand Rose of Tralee, to succeed Alana Marshall.
The full programme of events is yet to be confirmed, but will culminate in a Grand Selection function at The Devon Hotel on the evening of Saturday May 18.
Yet to be confirmed
AccommodationContact The Devon Hotel for bookings or phone them on (0800) 843 338 or by email - but BE SURE to let them know you will be attending the Rose of Tralee.
See what New Plymouth & the wider Region have to offer the visitor.
We'll have details of the contestants as they are selected by the Regional Societies.
“The New Zealand Rose will represent the entire Irish community at the International Final.”