The New Zealand standard for school stationery (known formally as NZS 8132:1984 - Specification for school stationery) was established in 1984 by the 'Standards Association Ltd', New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

's national standards body

Standards organization

A standards organization, standards body, standards developing organization , or standards setting organization is any organization whose primary activities are developing, coordinating, promulgating, revising, amending, reissuing, interpreting, or otherwise producing technical standards that are...

. It specifies various types of stationery

Stationery

Stationery has historically meant a wide gamut of materials: paper and office supplies, writing implements, greeting cards, glue, pencil case etc.-History of stationery:...

 to ensure that different manufacturers produce compatible products of suitable quality. Standardisation enables schools and businesses to request or order appropriate stationery without regard for brand.

The original specifications were devised after consultation with the Department of Education

Department of Education (New Zealand)

The New Zealand Department of Education was, pre-1989, the public service department of the New Zealand Government responsible for pre-tertiary education...

 and various teachers' organisations. Products are defined by codes, according to their size, binding and format.

Part Index Code

• Number for PRODUCT GROUP
  1 – 21
• Letter for INNER FORMAT
  A – Z
• Number for FINISHED SIZE
  1 – 10

So 14B8, for example, refers to an ruled looseleaf A4 refill pad.

Product Groups

1 – Exercise book

Exercise book

An exercise book is a notebook that is used in schools to copy down schoolwork and notes. A student will usually have a different exercise book for each separate lesson...

 (Stapled / Soft cover)

2 – Lecture Book (Sewn / Hardcovered)

3 – Notebook – Soft cover

4 – Notebook – Hard cover

5 – Indexed notebook – Soft cover

6 – Indexed notebook – Hard cover

7 – Lecture Pad

8 – Spiral Notebooks

9 – School Pads

10 – Newsprint

Newsprint

Newsprint is a low-cost, non-archival paper most commonly used to print newspapers, and other publications and advertising material. It usually has an off-white cast and distinctive feel. It is designed for use in printing presses that employ a long web of paper rather than individual sheets of...

 Pads

11 – Typing Pads

12 – Loose Leaf Binders

14 – Accounting loose leaf refills

15 – Subject Dividers

16 – Journal Covers

17 – Drawing Refills

18 – Drawing Wallets

19 – Drawing Folios

21 – Reinforced loose leaf

Loose leaf

The term loose leaf is used in the United States, Canada, and some other countries to describe a piece of notebook paper which is not actually fixed in a spiral notebook...

 refills

Inner Format

A – Unruled

B – 7mm Ruled

Ruled paper

Ruled paper is writing paper that typically consists of horizontal lines meant to separate lines of hand-written text, and vertical lines meant to provide margins or to act as tab stops....

C – Unruled cartridge

Cartridge paper

Cartridge paper is a high quality type of heavy paper used for illustration and drawing. It was originally used for making weaponry cartridges.- External links :**...

D – Double Ledger

E – 7mm Quad

Graph paper

Graph paper, graphing paper, grid paper or millimeter paper is writing paper that is printed with fine lines making up a regular grid. The lines are often used as guides for plotting mathematical functions or experimental data and drawing diagrams. It is commonly found in mathematics and...

F – 12mm Ruled

G – 25mm Ruled

H – 10mm Quad

I – 9mm Ruled

J – 5mm Quad

K – 2mm + 10mm Quad

L – Alternate leaves 7mm ruled & unruled

M – Music

N – Natural folder manilla

Manila folder

The manila folder is a file folder designed to contain documents. It is generally formed by folding a large sheet of stiff card in half. Though traditionally beige, sometimes other colors are used to differentiate categories of files.The manila envelope is an envelope designed for transporting...

P – Ledger

Q – Journal

R – Cash 3 column

S – 8 Money Column

T – 14 cash column

U – Top 1/3 blank; bottom 2/3 12mm ruled

V – Unruled bank paper

Bank paper

Bank paper is a thin strong writing paper of less than 50g/m2 commonly used for typewriting and correspondence.Bank paper are also securities which banks instead of governments issue. See also Commercial paper, securities issued by corporations....

W – Unruled bond paper

Bond paper

Bond paper is a high quality durable writing paper similar to bank paper but having a weight greater than 50 g/m2. The name comes from it having originally been made for documents such as government bonds. It is now used for letterheads, other stationery and as paper for electronic printers...

(good quality)

X – Trunkboard

Y – Coverboard

Z – Coloured manilla

Finished Size of Book

1 – Notebook 165 mm x 100 mm

2 – 125 mm x 202 mm

3 – 100 mm x 165 mm

4 – 230 mm x 180 mm

5 – 255 mm x 205 mm

6 – 330 mm x 205 mm (Foolscap

F4 (paper)

F4 is a paper format of size . Although metric, based on the A4 paper size, and named to suggest that it is part of the official ISO 216 paper sizes, it appears to be only a de-facto standard....

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7 – 210 mm x 148 mm (A5 - ISO 216

ISO 216

ISO 216 specifies international standard paper sizes used in most countries in the world today. It defines the "A" and "B" series of paper sizes, including A4, the most commonly available size...

)

8 – 297 x 210 mm (A4 - ISO216)

9 – 420 mm x 297 mm (A3 - ISO216)

10 – 597 mm x 420 mm (A2 - ISO216)

External links

• School Stationery