A slight interrogation of the Warwick customer services people leads me to find cheap New Zealand made stationary, a very welcoming discovery.
Long time no write I know! Things have been a bit crazy around here what with end of term/year assignments and earthquakes. I had to move house as our old one has been too badly damaged which means I haven’t had any spare money for quite some time, also another reason I haven’t written – I haven’t been able to buy anything!
I have been looking into New Zealand made stationary though. Before I started this project I was a bit of a stationary geek, I was such a sucker for a new notebook or a fancy pen so since starting this project I have been lamenting the fact that the only funky New Zealand Made notebooks are $15.
I was having trouble tracking down plainer New Zealand made stationary, I found some Warwick items (refill pad and 50cent notebooks) were labelled as being made here and even though the website lists Warwick as a New Zealand icon, none of the other products had a country of origin label. I emailed Warwick but never heard back so came to the conclusion that I was going to stick to the items that were clearly labelled New Zealand Made.
But I have been going through a lot paper practising my teeline/shorthand and especially in class when we do our speed tests, refill is just too big and bulky. Our tutor tells us to get a specific kind of notebook – a small, top (spiral) bound notebook but I can’t find any that are made here. The one’s she recommends are made in Australia.
I had been using the $15 notebooks when conducting interviews though, so I didn’t lose pages but it was getting rather expensive so I emailed the customer service people at Warwick again, just to check exactly which of their products are made here, hoping that more than refill and the notebooks were made here.
Turns out ALL their products are made here! I feel a little silly for not pursuing my enquiry properly earlier but at least we know for sure now. They don’t make the top bound spiral notebooks my tutor is so set on but they do make side bound ones, they’re pretty much the same!
