Paperscape

19/03/2026

It is that time of year again ...

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13/03/2026

We're in the paper this week! Read about our soon-to-be-opened shop in Ōtaki:
https://otakitoday.com/News%20-%20Business/New-life-for-old-Main-St-building?fbclid=IwY2xjawQgReNleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeqhGjZQqeMPy-BChzsvSZQrxBeWD11QrTln-HlQDKj3bG0x_QwA02lYqgD30_aem_LySzR69_1ihJj9kXunArtg

14/08/2025

Meet Pīngao and Carex! Two native sedges that make very different papers. Dune plant pīngao has produced a nice busy paper with yellow specks characteristic for the plant, whereas Carex grass has turned into a lovely pale-coloured fine paper.
Read the full story in our blog: https://www.paperscape.co.nz/post/meet-p%C4%ABngao-and-carex

24/03/2025

We'll be bringing native plant papermaking back to Featherston Booktown on 10 May.
Join us for either:
A casual drop-in session in the morning, if you'd just like to give papermaking a go - find out more here: https://www.eventfinda.co.nz/2025/paper-making-drop-in-session/featherston
A 2-hour workshop if you'd like to delve in deeper and make some paper to keep. Book here: https://www.eventfinda.co.nz/2025/paper-making-workshop/featherston
Hope to see you there!

05/01/2025

Our first workshop of the year will be in Greytown, at the beautiful Greytown Art Gallery. Long weekend in Greytown anyone?
To find out what else is coming up, check out our latest newsletter here: https://www.paperscape.co.nz/so/ccPEuwfgT?languageTag=en

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11/12/2024

We're getting ready for the Paekakariki Christmas Fete on Saturday 14 December!
We'll have papermaking kits in A4, A5 and A6, a range of our lovely handmade plant papers, and some seasonal goodies.
Come say hi!
If you can't make it to the market but would like to put some handmade paper goodness under the tree, there's still enough time to post - get in touch!
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04/12/2024

We'll be there with our popular papermaking kits, handmade NZ native plant papers, paper ornaments and more. Come say hi!

Two weeks to go... lots of Christmas shopping opportunities at the Paekākāriki Christmas Fete.
Gifts include: pottery - wood crafts - willow baskets - plants - candles - all sorts of handcraft - sun hats - craft ciders - harakeke craft - clothing - skincare & body products - pounamu - jewellery - jams & chutney - quirky stuff - art - toys - and much more!

Plus food: rugelach (Polish pastries) - sausage sizzle - Hong Kong DIM SUM - chocolate coated strawberries +

See you in Paekākāriki on December 14.

14/11/2024

This is shaping up to be our most varied workshop yet!
While making Christmas ornaments and gifting supplies from our sustainably made harakeke pulp, we'll explore different papermaking techniques (sheet pulling, pulp pouring, laminating). And we're bringing along some dyed pulp and inclusions for those Christmas colours!
This workshop is suitable for beginners and more advanced papermakers alike.
Book now at:
https://www.tawacomed.co.nz/Course,Paper-Making-Christmas-Themed-Workshop,5369

05/11/2024

We recently visited Raumati Technology Centre, who have added papermaking to their curriculum this year. They purchased a range of mould and deckle sets from us, as well as scheduling pulp deliveries throughout the year.
Anne-Marie Doucet, who teaches the papermaking lessons as part of the STEAM and sustainability programme at the centre, says papermaking has been very popular with the students and was a useful activity to start conversations about sustainability. “I like using the locally produced harakeke pulp, and to show the students what is possible with locally and sustainably made materials”.
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Raumati Technology Centre have been using our pulp and papermaking equipment to teach papermaking this year.

22/10/2024

Most plants that are great for papermaking are hard to compost - they take ages to break down and cause problems for shredding machinery. We have an agreement with Composting New Zealand which allows us to collect from their 'static pile' (the no-good-for-standard-compost lot). For us, it’s like going to a sweet shop...
Read the full story in our new blog post:

Here at Paperscape, we specialise in papers made from non-woody plant materials. While our main resource is harakeke (NZ flax), paper can be made from lots of different plants – generally, the leaves and stalks of plants that contain strong fibres are suitable. This includes New Zealand native pla...