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The Blue Goose Papermill Charitable Trust

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The Papermill is a vibrant creative space where artists with intellectual disabilities craft beautiful handmade paper.
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This is a very exciting story of a bold and courageous journey for a team of papermakers with unique abilities. Nowhere else in NZ is there a working papermill using completely recycled materials, making totally handcrafted products. The Papermill delivers meaningful work experience for people with intellectual disabilities. The facilities in Whangarei are available to the public as an educational

and tourist attraction. And if you like shopping - then come and see us too - our shop is full of interesting art and paper products - all unique pieces - handmade - here in Whangarei, New Zealand.

10/11/2024

We are delighted to invite you to attend the Annual General Meeting of The Blue Goose Papermill Charitable Trust, where we’ll reflect on a year of growth, creativity, and community impact. See you there!

PS. If you are planning on attending please let us know so that we can cater accordingly ;)

05/11/2024

The Papermakers have been having fun creating masks with a Christmas theme—or are they Halloween? The author can't quite decide! ;)

31/10/2024

We're thrilled to be offering a selection of bee-themed cards at The Whangarei Bee Club's Open Day! Join us to support the Bee Club and discover everything there is to know about bees!
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10/10/2024

It's the last couple of hours of our exhibition 'Our Paper, Our Prints, Our Stories'! Make the most of the sunshine and come down to the Town Basin.

08/10/2024

Our annual exhibition 'Our Paper, Our Prints, Our Stories' is on outside Reyburn House Art Studios at the Town Basin today from 11am (a later starting time due to the weather). Come and see for yourself these amazing artworks our artists have created. While you are there have a go at papermaking and fun with the skittles!

07/10/2024

It’s a beautiful morning down at the Town Basin. Our exhibition ‘Our Paper, Our Prints, Our Stories’ is on outside the Reyburn House Art Studios. Come and check out the Papermakers’ fabulous artwork and try your hand at papermaking and have fun with our version of 10 pin bowling! All artwork along with fabulous printed cards are for sale! We will be there until 2pm 🙏

10/09/2024

Don't miss out on an incredible showcase of textile art this weekend at Forum North! We're excited to announce that The Papermill has been chosen as the lucky recipient of their raffle proceeds. Come along, support local talent, and be part of something special! 💙

04/09/2024

We had an absolutely fantastic day yesterday at Matarau School, introducing the little ones to the magic of papermaking! From tearing the paper to hand mulching, feeding the Hollander, and creating fish-shaped masterpieces, they were fully immersed in the process. Our incredible papermakers Becky, Nicole, Keegan, and Julia were super teachers! A special shoutout to Nicole, who returned as an ex-student and received a warm welcome. And, of course, huge thanks to our amazing tutor, Amie Knight, who made it all possible, including the word find puzzle, which was a huge hit!

07/08/2024

What’s this? Monkey business I say!🐒 🙈 🙊

16/07/2024

Woo hoo! Helen's Boss Cat is up for the L'affare People's Choice Award at the IHC Art Awards 2024. Show her your support and vote! https://www.ihc.org.nz/get-involved/art-awards/peoples-choice-award

15/07/2024

Congratulations to all the winners of this year's IHC Art Awards! Some amazing artworks are available for purchase here: https://shorturl.at/5O1KB.

Amongst them are artworks from our very own talented Papermakers. To view their artwork, simply enter their name into the search bar.

03/07/2024

Putting the call out for ice cream containers and cereal boxes. Why you may ask? Cereal boxes we use as mats for drying paper when we are papermaking out in the community and ice cream containers because they are so handy for storing any number of things :) Please pass it on and thank YOU!!

29/05/2024

We have lots to different batches of paper to add to our web shop for sale. Each batch is unique with only a limited quantity of pieces. If you want a specific paper in a particular size don't hesitate to ask. We are more than happy to make to order.

16/05/2024

The papermill provides a safe and inclusive creative space so it’s a no brainer that we support and celebrate

17/04/2024

We had such an enjoyable and fun morning expanding on our knowledge of flax thanks to the tutelage of Whaea Coral. Your generosity in sharing your expertise and time with us is greatly appreciated!

10/11/2023

Sending you into the weekend with Casey's completed personal goal - this croaking good papier-mâché frog complete with a fly caught in it's tongue! 🐸🐸🐸

05/10/2023

What do you think of these cards? Inspired by Jennifer's 'Mr Blue' part of the 'Illumination Paper Station' exhibition which finishes today at 12pm.

Get down to the library quick smart if you haven't seen it! Artwork is still for sale and can be purchased here https://www.thepapermill.co.nz/goto/product-category/ips2023/

Address

38 Kamo Road, Kensington
Whangarei
0112

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 3pm
Tuesday	9am - 3pm
Wednesday	9am - 3pm
Thursday	9am - 3pm
Friday	9am - 3pm

Website

http://www.thepapermill.co.nz/

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Just over an hour to go before we wind up our exhibition 'Our Paper, Our Prints, Our Stories'. Come on down to The Town Basin Whangarei and check us out! #handmadepaper #creativeartists #uniqueabilities

Starting the week by making paper with inclusions of dried flower petals with a beautiful smile #handmadepaper #uniqueabilities #creativeartists #recycledpaper #manamonday

We had such an enjoyable and fun morning expanding on our knowledge of flax thanks to the tutelage of Whaea Coral. Your generosity in sharing your expertise and time with us is greatly appreciated! #flax #uniqueabilities #knowledge

A closer look at our Christmas tree. Apart from the tinsel and lights the decorations are all handmade. A lot of the decorations have been made by rolling beads from our handmade paper and then gluing them on a polystyrene ball. Much planning and months have work have gone in to making these :)

The Papermill Christmas Tree 2023

"Illumination Paper Station' is officially open! Check it out in the library until midday Friday Oct 6th. All artwork is for sale here https://www.thepapermill.co.nz/goto/product-category/ips2023/ and can be collected after the exhibition closes.

#uniqueabilities #handmadepaper #creativeartists #flax

We don't just recycle paper we also recycle our art from time to time! #recycledart #illumination #handmadepaper #creativeartists #uniqueabilities

Becky and Angela making 100% harakeke paper from flax fiber that has been breaking down for a few months. #handmadepaper #uniqueabilities #creativeartists #harakeke #flax