For Garage Project last beer release for 2016, they saved the best for last! Mutiny on the Bounty - a very South Pacific take on an Export Stout brewed with Breadfruit, roasted Plantain, Coconut and Tahitian Vanilla.

Tim Gibson of Flying Whities was commissioned to create the design and we were asked to print the bottles rather unique paper wrap. This project had a tight deadline as Garage Project needed to launch in the days leading up to Christmas.

To get the printing done in time, we split the project in half. In the final working days of 2016, we digitally printed and foiled several hundred wraps delivering to Garage Project in time to meet the Christmas demand. Then in 2017 we offset printed several thousand additional wraps and foiled and die cut each. Delivering the wraps to Garage Project in January 2017 ready to meet what will likely be a huge demand for the beer.

We design and produce business cards for hundreds of clients based all over the country. Each of these business cards is unique but can utilise the following processes. Printing colour on premium satin or matt paper stocks of up to 400gsm. Lamination to improve the cards finish and durability. Metal foiling, spot UV varnishing and round cornering to soften the cards corners. Each of these finishes can be combined to create a business card as cost effective or as premium as the client desires.

Testimonial from Wayne Mitchell, Director of Mitchell/Davies Chartered Accountants.

'I received my business cards today by courier - thanks so much for this, they look great and I really like the finish on them, it seems better than the current ones. You have made this whole process very easy, have been thoroughly professional and I really do appreciate all of this. You shall be my first port of call for anything printing related.'

Maria and Bill have created an interesting product, Bubba Hug a baby wrap that made nappy changing simpler for parents. They commissioned Matt at Think Packaging in Auckland to design the cartons structure and designed the graphics themselves.

They came to us to produce their packaging so they could get the product into the market. As a start up they wanted a cost effective carton that would look professional on the shelf.

After a couple of meetings and a round of prototypes we printed the design in black on a course textured craft carton board. We then computer cut and creased each carton to shape and hand assembled.

When Garage Project launched 9 years ago they brewed on a 50-litre brew kit and described themselves as being not even a microbrewery, but time has changed all that.

Garage Project is now without a doubt one of New Zealand's preeminent breweries and produces beer in volumes to match.

We produce the tap badges Garage Project use to sell their beer in bars around the world. As at May 2020, we had produced badges for 135 unique beers, and for each we hold their art assets on file allowing for easy re-ordering.

Each tap badge is printed on an easy to remove self-adhesive vinyl that is then computer kiss cut to a circle shape ready to be given to the bar along with their keg order.

Emporio Coffee one of the original Wellington coffee roasters wanted to distribute its coffee in 250g & 500g retail pouches. They wanted a simple and effective label to close the pack and inform the consumer of grind, blend and weight.

In collaboration with Simon at Emporio, we designed a two piece label for each pouch size that could be customised by marking the grind on the top of the pouch.

To identify the coffee blend we produced an additional smaller label that can be hand applied on top of the larger grey label. This kept the product looking consistent on shelf regardless of who packed it (and how tidy their handwriting is) and lowered the print cost as the same base label could be produced in greater volumes and then customised as new blends are produced.

Resene is New Zealand's largest privately held paint manufacturer. Since 2013 we have worked in close association with Resene's print management supplier, to digitally print a number of Resene's promotional items producing a range of A4 and A3 posters and DL flyers.

Wellington's Garage Project asked us to print some bunting flags that incorporated the art from the 'Day of the Dead' and 'La Calavera Catrina' beers.

PartsTrader is an easy-to-use online marketplace that allows automotive trade buyers to find the right parts, at the right price, at the right time from new and recycled parts suppliers.

PartsTrader wanted a pad that could be given to its client so that mechanics could more easily identify the automotive parts they needed and to encourage them to source these parts through the PartsTrader platform.

We created an A5 pad that did just that and because we were printing digitally and each page in the pad could be unique, we added a message on the last page of the pad that rewarded the user for placing 20 part orders and also messages throughout the pad to explain how close the user was to receiving the reward.

Passionate is a women's conference that Arise Church hosts in Wellington each year. Arise's team designed a beautiful invitation to invite its members to the conference. We offset printed these invitations on a high quality textured matt paper and to complete the package we produced a custom opaque envelope to enclose the invite.

Kendons is a Lower Hutt based accountancy firm that we are fortunate to have as clients. For Kendons, we print corporate stationery such as letterheads, notepads, business cards and as well occasionally producing more specialist items such as a sign for their reception.

First day covers are custom envelopes that once gummed with stamps of the same design, create a unit that marks the first day of issue of each stamp set released.

We produce these custom first day cover envelopes for both Vanuatu and the the Pitcairn Islands postal service working for their print production partner Latitude Fulfilment.

These first covers are printed in small batches, diecut and hand assembled to ensure the quality for the stamp collectors who collect them world wide.

Every year Arise Church hosts several conferences in Wellington which are attended by thousands of its members. For these conferences, we produce printed wrist bands that are worn by each attendee. These use a synthetic material that is exceptionally durable and can be colour coded or customised to identify the programme to attend or age group of the attendee.

Nadia Marychurch had written a novel named The Dreamers and wanted a dozen copies of the original manuscript printed before it was handed off to her editors. We printed and perfect bound the novel in a few days and Nadia loved the final result.

We produce retractable pull up banners for our clients for use at events and trade shows. These banners are printed onto a premium scrimless grey backed PVC banner material. Once opened the banners measure a large 850mm wide by 2285mm tall and for easy transport, they retract into their inbuilt stands.

Arise Church began in 2002 and grew from a group of 7 people in a small dance and drama studio to a church of thousands in 8 locations around New Zealand.

Arise wanted to communicate with its members its goals for expansion and to achieve this designed a beautiful set of printed collateral including a brochure, envelope and bookmark, which we printed over a few weeks in September of 2017.

However, the most special part of the project was producing a display made up of over 275 hanging hearts some sized over a meter wide. These were printed on a rigid 3mm Paylite material and computer cut to shape, before being dispatched to 7 locations around the country. We were very pleased with how they came out.

Hallertau asked us to produce a special gold foiled tap badge for the seasonal release of their Resurgence Strong NZ Pale Ale.

Hallertau wanted this to match the gold foiled finish of their bottle labels but it was not practical to apply gold foil to the removable self-adhesive vinyl that we produce tap badges from. So instead we started with a metallic gold vinyl, then printed several coats of white ink to mask out the areas of the badge that should not be metallic. Then we overprinted this white mask with the coloured background before kiss cutting each badge to shape. We were really happy with how they came out.

Flexitime and Invoxy are two software products built by the same team right here in Wellington. Their lead designer James had some nice things to say about our printing services.

'After trying multiple printing companies with mixed results we came across Colourcraft and have never looked back. The quality of the product and service are of the highest standard and we recommend them to anyone looking for a printing solution.'

Testimonial from James Barber, Lead Designer at FlexiTime & Invoxy.

Garage Project asked us to produce a 2-meter tall decal to decorate a beer chiller at Moore Wilsons Porirua. We printed the image on a permanent adhesive vinyl then sealed it in a gloss lamination to improve durability and match the gloss of the chillers white paint, then installed it onsite.

A flyer we printed for Room of Beauty designed by the local and talented Designerbloom

Anne from Room of Beauty was kind enough to leave us this review on Google.

'Colourcraft provided outstanding service for my print job, super speedy and efficient communication provided by Lance. I highly recommend.'

When Garage Project brewed Touchwood, a malted barley and wheat infused with Elderflower beer. Tim Gibson of Flying Whities was commissioned to create the design and we were asked to print the bottles rather unique paper wrap.

Touchwood was brewed in very limited quantity and only 2500 bottles were released to the public. Each bottle wrap was uniquely numbered to make the consumer aware of the beers rarity.

Garage Project needed the wraps urgently so we produced all 2500 unique wraps and had them delivered to Garage Project in less than 24 hours.

Phillips & Phillips a digital public relations agency in Wellington asked for our help in producing some printed marketing collateral for one of their clients Kiwicamp.

We met to figure out what was possible and decided on an A5 folder that could be filled with a booklet and various flyers. The way the collateral package could be added to in the future.

We were asked to complete the production fast to have the material ready for an upcoming trade show and everyone seemed happy with the results.

When Wellington's iconic Venetian bar and restaurant Ombra changed ownership in early 2018, Gary at the Gas Project was commissioned to re-brand the business.

When Ombra needed a printer, our name was put forward and the first two jobs off the ranks were a set of business cards and vouchers. Both printed onto a premium 320gsm board, then gold foiled.

In 2018 Metlink were in the process of a major update to the Wellington public transport network, rejigging timetables across the region so as to improve the connection between Metlink buses, trains and ferries.

They wanted to produce an A5 booklet that would communicate the extent of these changes and asked us to help. First, we designed the 24-page document in Meltink's brand style and then printed 1000 booklets in just a few days to meet a deadline.

When Fulton Hogan wanted to put its best foot forward in a tendering process they asked us to produce a handful of printed documents.

Each document was produced with a laminated case bound cover, tabs to separate sections and full-colour pages with a wiro bind.

When Jack & Maggie got married in early 2018 they wanted something special for a save the date card. These cards were gold foiled onto a premium heavyweight black card, before being trimmed to final size.

When Wall Street a Wellington interior design business needed some new business cards, they chose to work with us. Their cards were digitally printed on a 350gsm stock, before being matt laminated to provide a soft touch finish. Finally to add something special the logo was foiled in a metallic pink.

We are lucky enough to produce tap badges for quite a few brewery clients scattered across the country. Several of these clients needed a way to attach a tap badge to the keg during transit and we thought we could help.

We designed a folded keg collar, that can enclose the tap badge and protect it during transit. After a bit of testing we identified a suitable carton board that stands up to cold storage well and a keg collar shape that is easy to fold while attaching to the keg securely.

We showed a few clients the concept and both Epic and Heyday Beer Co quickly placed orders.

We printed a pull-up banner and several hundred posters for Promisia and Stacey the client was kind enough to give us a testimonial.

"We received a slick promotional package from Colourcraft which was compelling so we thought we'd give them a go for a small print job, although we were very happy with our current print supplier at that time. Since then, we've entrusted them with key promotional printing and conference assets as their quality is excellent, let alone their customer service and attention to detail. The turnaround time is outstanding - as an example, Colourcraft had provided a print proof and completed our print job including delivery before another company had even managed to organise a print proof. If you have high expectations as we do, use Colourcraft."

Stacey Neale, Marketing Manager at Promisia Ltd.

Warkworth's 8 Wired Brewing asked if we could produce some low-cost coasters for their Brew Haiku promotion. So those passionate about beer could start writing poems about it.

We digitally printed a few thousand of these coasters on a 350gsm offset stock then diecut them to the circle shape.

Aimee designed a beautiful document and asked us to print it on a coloured card, using both pearlescent and transparent papers. The sheets were then Coptic stitched with an exposed spine by Susan at Peacock Bindery. We all loved the final result.

QT Wellington asked us to produce some custom door hangers using their brand on a material durable enough to stand up to use.

These were printed onto a 3mm thick paylite material, then router cut to final shape.

The Buy New Zealand Made Campaign asked us to produce some ESL tags, to be used by New Zealand brands to differentiate their products as NZ Made on congested supermarket shelves.

Working closely with the Buy New Zealand Made Campaign we produced several thousand tags with the iconic Kiwi trademark screen printed on to a white polypropylene before being die-cut to shape.

The Buy New Zealand Made Campaign asked us to produce some premium swing tags, that boutique's and other high-end retailers could use to attach to their products.

Working closely with the Buy New Zealand Made Campaign we produced several thousand tags with the iconic Kiwi trademark blind de-bossed into a 600gsm soft white card. A card stock made from cotton linters, a byproduct of the cotton industry.

Arise Church needed a premium gift box produced, so after working closely with the Arise creative team this is what we came up with. It was foiled in gold and silver onto a high-quality 240gsm Rothmill Mulberry stock before being die-cut and glued to final shape.

The Buy New Zealand Made Campaign designed a voucher and very special slipcase and asked us to produce it. Working closely with the Buy New Zealand Made Campaign this is what we produced. The voucher was digitally printed and foiled in silver and the slipcase was spot gloss varnished onto 250gsm Black Notturno stock before being foiled, die-cut to shape and glued.

Feedback from Ryan Jennings, Executive Director at The Buy New Zealand Made Campaign.

'These look fantastic. What a job. Well done.'

Wellington's Emporio Coffee asked us to produce their business cards, these were digitally printed and foiled on a premium 350gsm Pure White Knight stock.

When Wellington's Emporio Coffee became the official coffee partner of the Phoenix Football Club they produced a special coffee blend for the 2019/20 season. Emporio wanted to create a small run of coffee packaging to celebrate the partnership.

Emporio commissioned a Phoenix illustration and we designed and printed this into a card band that can be wrapped around a 250g coffee pouch.

The MacDiarmid Institute is a Wellington-based institute that researches advanced materials and nanotechnology. We have been lucky enough to print 2017 & 2018 annual reports, these beautiful documents designed by Gary at the Gas Project were digitally printed on Advance Laser stock. The 2018 version was perfect bound, whereas the 2017 report was bound with an exposed spine with a Coptic stitch.

Wellington's public relations and online specialists Phillips & Partners designed a notebook for their client Grochem.

Working closely with Phillips & Partners this is what we produced an A4 sized wiro-bound notebook with a whopping 250+ pages. The covers were matt laminated for durability and throughout the notebook custom full-colour pages were included profiling Grochem's achievements.

A brochure we printed for Just Property Management designed by Nelson's Tizza Design

Mark from Just Property Management was kind enough to leave us this review on Google.

"These guys are amazing - great communication, incredible turn around and customer service. Cannot recommend highly enough."

We have been fortunate to print a lot of Comprende's marketing collateral and they were kind enough to leave us this review on Google.

'Always happy to work with the team at Colourcraft, they provide high-quality printing, are always fast to reply, have an incredibly fast product delivery and never fail to go the extra mile. Highly recommend trying out their services.'

We are fortunate to have Wellington's premier QT hotel as a client. To celebrate the Chinese New Year QT asked us to print this matt laminated A5 menu.

Gordon Douglas QT's Director of Food & Beverage was kind enough to leave us this review on Google.

'I use Colourcraft in all business printing for the QT hotel. Ben and the team are seamless in their work and response time, and their craftsmanship is second to none. I cannot recommend their work and this company highly enough.'

We are fortunate to have Wellington's premier QT hotel as a client and since mid-2017 we have printed the wine & bar menus for their award-winning Hippopotamus restaurant.

Gordon Douglas QT's Director of Food & Beverage was kind enough to leave us this review on Google.

'I use Colourcraft in all business printing for the QT hotel. Ben and the team are seamless in their work and response time, and their craftsmanship is second to none. I cannot recommend their work and this company highly enough.'

We are fortunate to have Wellington's premier QT hotel as a client. In late 2019 QT asked us to print a this matt laminated A5 menu and a set of cards.

Gordon Douglas QT’s Director of Food & Beverage was kind enough to leave us this review on Google.

'I use Colourcraft in all business printing for the QT hotel. Ben and the team are seamless in their work and response time, and their craftsmanship is second to none. I cannot recommend their work and this company highly enough.'

Wellington's iconic Emporio is a great client to us and here's some coffee labels we printed for them in February 2020.

This photo was taken by the very talented Mark Tantrum

Simon Maguire Emporio's General Manager was kind enough to leave us this review on Google.

'Emporio Coffee has been working with Colourcraft since 2016 when they became our neighbours in Walter Street. We often require a broad range of labelling and promotional material varying from large to small quantities. Ben and the team have always been incredibly helpful, friendly and professional. They are very accommodating and always make time to discuss our projects, create solutions and produce very high quality products. I would highly recommend Colourcraft.'

Wellington's Garage Project asked us to produce a run of foiled certificates to award to retailers who were committed to stocking their fresh hoppy beer. In January 2020 we printed 150 certificates with a foiled certified fresh graphic.

Tim Davie Garage Projects's Global Logistics Manager was kind enough to leave us this review on Google.

'The Colourcraft Crew are trusted and valued suppliers. Their product is consistently delivered to specification, within agreed timeframes, and with exceptional customer service and care. I have no hesitation in recommending them.'

In 2020 Kowhiti House asked us to print this sweet little book, containing recipes from 1849 such as 'Dog tail soup'.

In 2020 Kowhiti House asked us to print this sweet little book, containing recipes from 1849 such as 'Dog tail soup'.

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ACE New Zealand asked us to print a set of 6 pull up banners and wanted the highest quality possible. We printed them on a scrimless banner material and installed them into premium pull up banner hardware, then packed them into carrying cases for easy transport.

In 2018 Koko Creative asked us to print 3200 custom invitations for a Celebration of Mexico event they organised.

The invite was offset printed then perforated so each A5 invite could be separated into 16 smaller cards explaining the history and culture of Mexico.

Once printed and perforated we personalised all 3200 invites with variable data including timings, names and wrist band information.

The Faisandier Group is a property development company which builds affordable homes for everyday New Zealanders.

Thanks to a long-standing relationship with their Marketing & Communications Director Simon, we were pleased to be asked to print some document folders for an upcoming development. These were silkscreen printed with a spot U.V. gloss varnish onto thick black card stock before being diecut to final shape.

Simon was also kind enough to leave us this glorious review on Google.

'The finest printer in all the land!

I've been working with Colourcraft for over 12 years and they've never let me down. Conversely, I have let them down many times with ridiculous requests due to my lack of planning and preparation and they have never complained or cut me loose, amazing really.

When all those other printers get wobbly legs and start dropping out of the race, crying out for water and complaining that their legs are sore. Colourcraft are gliding majestically out in front, effortlessly, unmercifully crushing their competition with the greatest service a customer could ever hope for.
Even on the small jobs, they go the extra mile. Their expert advice and guidance has steered me in the right direction when my hair-brained ideas could have ended in absolute disaster.

They know their stuff. I'm stirred to write a poem about how much I appreciate Colourcraft but I think this review will lose all credibility if I do, so I shall refrain. I'd give them 6 stars if Google would let me. Colourcraft is Wellingtons printer of choice.'

We are proud to be both members of, and suppliers to, the Buy New Zealand Made Campaign. One of the many projects we print for the campaign is the membership certificates which get sent out to businesses across the country.

This is an ongoing project, printed weekly and when came time to print our certificate, we had to take a picture.

Anna Heyward, Buy New Zealand Made Campaign's Marketing Co-ordinator, was kind enough to leave us this review on Google.

'Colourcraft are a fantastic, boutique printer. Responsive, attentive and produce great work! Being based in the Wellington CBD as we are, we can receive quality print orders within hours of ordering.'

The Jemma Cheer Design Company a Palmerston North based design studio asked for our help in producing a printed promotional booklet for their client Emma Brown Design.

The production of this booklet was a true collaboration. The booklet was designed by Jemma Cheer, the covers received a gold foil from Christina at Windmill Press, we printed the pages and finally, Andrew from Bookbinding Etc sail stitched the spine in pink thread.

When Wellington's iconic Emporio celebrated their 20th year in business they asked us to print 15,000 60mm diameter circle stickers to promote the milestone.
These photos were taken by the very talented Mark Tantrum
Simon Maguire, Emporio's General Manager, was kind enough to leave us this review on Google.
'Emporio Coffee has been working with Colourcraft since 2016 when they became our neighbours in Walter Street. We often require a broad range of labelling and promotional material varying from large to small quantities. Ben and the team have always been incredibly helpful, friendly and professional. They are very accommodating and always make time to discuss our projects, create solutions and produce very high quality products. I would highly recommend Colourcraft.'

We are proud to be both members of, and suppliers to, the Buy New Zealand Made Campaign.

To show our support and to help the campaign get the brand out there, we printed them some decals. These decals stick permanently, work just fine outdoors and should they ever need any more we can produce them at pretty much any size or shape.

We've printed the tap badges for the Deep Creek Brewing Co since 2017, Each tap badge is printed on a self-adhesive vinyl that allows the badge to glow when installed on backlit bar hardware.

As at August 2020, we have printed thousands of tap badges for 92 of Deep Creek's beers, and for each, we hold their art assets on file allowing for easy tap badge re-ordering.

Hayley from Tizza Design asked us to produce a footpath sign for her client. This was printed on permanent vinyl and laminated to improve outdoor durability. The laminated print was then mounted on both sides to a 4mm thick aluminium composite sign panel and trimmed to size. The panel has slots for a carrying handle and to lock the sturdy water filled-base to the signage panel.

Once a year Arise Church asks us to print a set of collateral to communicate to its members its plans for the future and to explain hows Arise is improving lives and communities throughout New Zealand.

This year Arise asked us to print several thousand A4 16-page self-cover booklets, two kinds of screen-printed magnets and pledge cards.

Piri Craig Arise's Creative Project Manager was kind enough to leave us this review on Google.

'We love working with the team at Colourcraft, they offer exceptional service in every way, constantly going above and beyond. We are always put at ease no matter what we are ordering, which is helpful when we are trying new things. You can always count on prompt & quality service right from quoting through to delivery, even under time pressures! Would HIGHLY recommend Colourcraft for all your printing needs whatever they may be!'

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Wellington’s Emporio Coffee had some powder-coated steel signage hardware fabricated and asked us to design and print a set of decals durable enough to stand up to Wellington’s weather.

The decals were printed onto a permanent self-adhesive vinyl, then over laminated to seal in and protect the ink, before being kiss cut to a 330mm diameter circle.

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