Paper Plus Ashburton is part of the New Zealand-wide Paper Plus network, a retailer that is 100% locally owned and operated. The Ashburton store, located on East Street in Tinwald, offers a wide range of books alongside toys, games and puzzles for the local community.
The book range spans a huge variety of genres and categories, from adult fiction — including crime and mystery, fantasy, historical fiction, romance and New Zealand fiction — through to cookbooks, biographies, hobbies and craft titles, history, science, technology, and educational and reference books. Best sellers, new releases, pre-orders and coming-soon titles are also available, giving readers a way to stay on top of what's new.
Beyond books, Paper Plus Ashburton stocks toys, games and puzzles, making it a practical stop for gifts as well as personal reading. The wider Paper Plus network also offers delivery, giving customers the option to shop online and have orders sent to them if a trip into store isn't convenient.
Paper Plus Ashburton is part of the wider Paper Plus network, a retailer that prides itself on being 100% locally owned and operated. Located on East Street in Tinwald, the Ashburton store offers residents a genuine local option for books, toys, games and puzzles.
At the heart of Paper Plus Ashburton's offering is an extensive book range spanning nearly every genre and interest. Adult fiction readers will find action and adventure, crime and mystery, fantasy, historical fiction, romance, science fiction and New Zealand fiction, among many other categories. For those who prefer non-fiction, the range extends to biographies and true stories, history and archaeology, health and wellbeing, spirituality, and personal development titles.
Beyond fiction and general non-fiction, Paper Plus Ashburton's book selection covers cookbooks, food and wine — including dedicated New Zealand cookbooks — as well as hobbies, craft and recreation titles covering everything from drawing and painting to puzzle books and writing guides. Home, garden and lifestyle titles sit alongside more specialised sections like mathematics and sciences, technology, and business, finance and law, giving shoppers a genuinely broad range to browse.
Readers wanting to stay current can check out the store's best sellers, new releases, pre-orders and coming-soon titles, making it easy to find out what's popular or what's on the horizon before it even hits shelves.
Paper Plus isn't just about books — the Ashburton store also stocks a range of toys, games and puzzles, rounding out its offering as a practical destination for gifts as well as personal reading. Whether shopping for a child's birthday, a family game night, or a jigsaw puzzle for a quiet weekend, there's something on offer beyond the bookshelves.
As part of the wider Paper Plus network, the Ashburton store benefits from being 100% locally owned and operated while still connecting into a national brand that customers across New Zealand recognise. This combination means shoppers get the personal service of a locally run store alongside the range and reliability of an established retail name.
For those who prefer to shop from home, Paper Plus also offers delivery, giving customers in and around Ashburton the option to order books, toys, games or puzzles online and have them delivered rather than visiting in person.
Located at 212 East Street in Tinwald, Paper Plus Ashburton is a straightforward stop for anyone looking for their next read, a gift for a child, or a new puzzle to work through. With such a broad range of books across fiction and non-fiction, plus toys and games on the side, it's built to serve a wide cross-section of the local community's interests.