The Blue Goose Papermill Charitable Trust

The Blue Goose Papermill Charitable Trust 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.

Spent the week marbling on our handmade 💯 % cotton paper. Stunning pieces of paper being made. ✅ Well done.
29/05/2026

Spent the week marbling on our handmade 💯 % cotton paper. Stunning pieces of paper being made. ✅ Well done.

What an incredible morning with our amazing board of trustees! Our trustees got hands-on with the full papermaking proce...
17/04/2026

What an incredible morning with our amazing board of trustees!

Our trustees got hands-on with the full papermaking process — preparing fibre (flax), scutching (cotton), and hand mulching. Paul walked them through the machines, while Nicole and Michele led the way in making beautiful flax paper and cards. There was even paper pulp painting involved (yes, it's as fun as it sounds)! 🎨

We literally had to drag them out of the papermaking studio — they were having way too much fun!

Next was a fun session in the creative studio where everyone tried their hand at simple bookmaking — folding, stitching, and decorating their own little creations.

And of course, all that hard work called for a celebration — we wrapped up with a BBQ lunch together.

So grateful for this incredible group of people who give their time and passion to support The Papermill. Here's to many more creative adventures together!

07/04/2026

Shout out to for making this video for us! 🙏🫶

Let's be honest — everyone needs cleaning products! We're excited to launch our fundraiser to help us take our creativit...
17/03/2026

Let's be honest — everyone needs cleaning products!

We're excited to launch our fundraiser to help us take our creativity to the next level here at The Papermill! We're raising funds for a Cricut Maker 4 smart cutting machine, and to get there we're selling will&able eco-friendly cleaning starter packs!

Made by people just like us 😊 These products are kind to the planet AND they actually work!
🎯 Our goal: sell 100 packs
👇 All the details are in the comments below

Share this post and help us spread the word — every pack sold gets us one step closer!

Does anyone have any old encyclopedias they no longer need? We’re looking for some to use in our exhibition projects. We...
13/03/2026

Does anyone have any old encyclopedias they no longer need? We’re looking for some to use in our exhibition projects. We’ll reuse the covers, cut out images, and recycle the pages into handmade paper. Any volumes not used for papermaking will be perfect for pressing flowers!

27/02/2026

We’ve been refining our paper pulp painting recipe, and Nicole has been having a great time putting it to the test! Fun Friday!

It might be the end of the week but we are stilly fully focused on our work! Keegan embedded a map on NZ into a beautifu...
19/02/2026

It might be the end of the week but we are stilly fully focused on our work!

Keegan embedded a map on NZ into a beautiful sheet of recycled and flax fibre paper. Alex wrote his goals into his journal. Angela is cutting up banana skins as a first step in creating banana skin paper - a personal goal of hers. And everyone has been having a go at 'scutching' cotton fibre with fabulous new tools handcrafted by Joe Worthy!

So much creativity, learning and achievement happening in our studio — we love seeing our Papermakers setting goals and giving things a go!

Tick tock! Last chance to bid on our Papermakers’ artwork!The auction closes at 5pm today.Winning bidders will be contac...
01/02/2026

Tick tock! Last chance to bid on our Papermakers’ artwork!
The auction closes at 5pm today.
Winning bidders will be contacted over the next few days to arrange payment and collection. Don’t miss out!

30/01/2026

That’s a wrap- such a great week. Thanks to everyone who came down, such a wonderful way to meet the community. Animals are to be auctioned. See our auction post.

Last day at Reyburn House grounds for our Paper Safari exhibition Come see us - here til 2pm
29/01/2026

Last day at Reyburn House grounds for our Paper Safari exhibition
Come see us - here til 2pm

Address

38 Kamo Road, Kensington
Whangarei
0112

Opening Hours

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

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