Pamela Anderson and Richie Rich in Auckland last night. Photo / Getty Images

Pamela Anderson and Richie Rich in Auckland last night. Photo / Getty Images

Pamela Anderson had her very first ride in a helicopter today, choppering over for lunch at Stoneyridge on "Waihee-key".

She loved it, and enjoyed the calm atmosphere of the vineyard after a frantic day in the leadup to the debut of her A*Muse collection with designer Richie Rich this afternoon.

But she's found time to party, hitting Ponsonby Rd late last night with Rich and his partner. Seems she had a few Kiwi surfer friends she wanted to catch up with.

She startled staff at the Westin by opening the door to her suite naked and last night held an impromptu clothes fitting session.

Later, she lounged around naked on her hotel bed, modelling porn poses while confetti was strewn about the suite by her adoring gayboy fanclub.

Tonight she has a line-up of interviews and is then believed to be having a private dinner. She flies out of the country in the morning.

Yesterday she kept everyone guessing on whether she would attend the evening Hailwood show after her hilarious press conference.

The decision that she was taking a breather in her suite at the Westin Hotel was conveyed just five minutes before the show started.

This is less about diva behaviour than a generally loose approach, which typifies her gay little entourage. They're fun and friendly, but the tight team are hard to pin down.

They happily hung out on-site at Fashion Week after the unknowing media scrum subsidised.

They'd exited in cars, only to drive a few hundred metres up the road to the week's favourite fashionista hangout, the M.A.C-ghd Lounge. This pampering zone is invite only, but is usually packed out.

Security on the door blocked newcomers getting in, but I headed in with Fashion Week managing director Pieter Stewart. It was a no-camera zone. Anderson had her makeup touched up, before retiring to a roped-off corner to sit with her cohorts.

I chatted to Rich's partner as he too had a little lip gloss applied. The pair had been in the lounge the night before and went to town on the makeup, appearing at Kate Sylvester's show in full Boy George slap.

Up close, Joe "Green" (a last name made up to match his fluro T-shirt) is a lovely hunky looking guy. He said he was being coy identity-wise because he'd cut college classes to come down.

The New York couple and A*Muse's manager flew into New Zealand a day earlier than Anderson and saw several shows on Wednesday, plus they caught up with Fashion Week's American publicist and long-time attendee, Bryan Long, who engineered the visit.