Hawera designer Sean Kelly's successful run on Project Runway will be shown on New Zealand TV after all.
Season 13 of the American reality show has been picked up by Sky Television for its VIBE channel.
TV3, which has run the series before, declined to pick up the series and it looked as though New Zealanders would only get to watch the programme by downloading until the announcement on Friday.
Sean, a 23-year-old former Hawera High School student, has won three challenges to date. He is the first New Zealander to appear in the programme.
His sister, Hannah Kelly, has said it was disappointing that no NZ channels are willing to buy and screen the show, "as it is an extremely rare case where a Kiwi is on a popular American reality television show."