Quality Print

It began in the late 1970's when two men started a community newspaper. Still known as the Taupo 'Weekender' it was first printed at Quality Print, although financial viability eventually meant that the newspaper's production went elsewhere. Back then, the owners of Quality Print were hard-working and from the trade, not dissimilar to today in fact... . In 1986 Shawn Vennell was employed at Quality Print as a sheet fed printing apprentice. He's been around the business quite a while and saw it through the growing pains of the late 80's when the business moved to its present location at 6 Runanga Street. What followed was a dark time in the company's history involving receivers and uncertainty before being re-created by an entrepreneur who had bought the Runanga Street building in a fire sale only months before Quality Print moved in, hoping they would be a worthwhile tenant. It was a good bet. In July 1993 Rex and Rebecca Mathieson purchased Quality Print outright. An integral part of their business plan was succession and early on they involved Shawn Vennell, promoting the idea that he would one day be a partner in the business. In 2000 this vision became a reality. Meet The VennellsRead More