Christchurch Letterpress - Private Presses
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New Zealand Private Presses & Printers
This page is an ongoing project to list private presses and printers in New Zealand, past and present. The definition of what consititutes a private press or printer is a loose and generous one. Any presses or printers in New Zealand (or elsewhere) who would like to be included in the list please contact me.
At various stages, as a critical mass of new material is reached, a few copies on paper will be produced to preserve the information and copies offered to any libraries willing to receive them (e.g. AHP and Ferrymead Printing Society libraries).
YOU CAN HELP. If you can fill a gap or provide a correction to what is recorded here please do so. If you are, or have been, a letterpress printer please send me information on your past and/or present activities. Don't be shy.
{This is a very incomplete list based mainly on the AHP membership directory, along with random searches of Google, the NZ National Library catalogue, information sent to me, and serendipidous discoveries. Names without links indicate information is still being sought for that press or person}
Australia
John Setek - Utility Press (Australia) {previously in New Zealand and also previously known as the The Hand Press and The Private Hand Press}
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Click one of the following city, regional or country links
Auckland & The North
Christchurch & Canterbury
Dunedin & The Deep South
Wellington and Central North Island
Australia
For private presses in other countries check the links page.
Auckland & The North
Auckland University - Holloway Press
Frank Brough - Gaft Topsail
John Denny - Puriri Press
Wailin Elliott - Driving Creek Press
Mervyn Frew -
Bruce Grenville - Sedang Press
Terry Hodge - Emtio Press
Ronald and Kay Holloway - The Griffin Press
Walter Lemm - Imp Press
Alan Loney - The Holloway Press (see also entries for Christchurch and Wellington)
Ken McGrath - Pyramid Press
Tara McLeod - Pear Tree Press
Jack O'Brien - Toad Hall Press
Robert Stowell - Green Leaf Press
Mark Venables - Mt St John Press
Richard Webster - Brookfield Press
Ken Wood - Wordsell Press
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Wellington & Central North Island
John & Alison Brebner - Homeprint
Richard Galpin - Maungatiro Press
Penny Griffith - The Bodkin Press
Ross Harvey - Elibank Press
Tony King - Ark Press
Alan Loney - Hawk Press / Black Light Press (see also entry for Auckland)
Phil Parr - Aspect Press
Llewelyn Richards - The Hand-in-Hand Press
Sydney Shep & Timothy Hurd - Silent Isle press
Victoria University of Wellington - Wai-te-ata Press
Ted White - Heathward Press
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