Zizania Paper Products (2007) Ltd is a company located just South of Te Kopuru, New Zealand which makes hand made paper from Manchurian Wild Rice (Zizania latifolia). The paper is then used to make:

• New Zealand cards and stationery
• Conference stationery
• Wedding stationery
• Unique paper and boxes

From the banks of the great, brown, muddy Northern Wairoa River the Manchurian Rice Grass is cut, pulped, cooked, soaked, composted into a foul smelling concoction which is finally pressed to create a unique, tough, attractive hand made paper.

Manchurian Rice Grass - botanical name Zizania latifolia - arrived in the late 1800s as ballast in seed form embedded in bricks, sundried in a field in China. On arrival in the Northern Wairoa the ballast was tipped into the river to make room for the prized Kauri spars and here the seeds found a perfect habitat. Now the Northern Wairoa has the only substantial colony of Manchurian Rice Grass in New Zealand.

In 2000 the old Northland Dairy Company Administrative buildings were found to fit the bill. It had been a major employer in Dargaville since the early days of settlement and with the economic restructuring of the 80's closed its doors.

Christine Rope purchased the company in 2007 and it was moved to Te Kopuru which is about 10km south of Dargaville.

The paper and cards can be bought from various outlets throughout New Zealand.

The above is a very labour intensive operation but this dedication adds to the strength and quality of the paper that is produced by Zizania Paper Mill.

Postal address	225 Turkey Flat Road RD1 Te Kopuru Northland 0391 New Zealand
Phone	+64 9 439 1567
Fax	+64 9 439 1569
Email	sales@zizania.co.nz
Manager	Fergus Kydd