Office Supplies

Why buy your office supplies from Discount Office?

Office stationery and supplies for Kiwi businesses, schools and home offices, all in one place. Pens, paper, notebooks, filing, desk organisers, ink and the everyday bits that keep a workplace running. Over 7,000 lines from the brands you know, sharply priced and dispatched same day from our Auckland warehouse. Buying stationery for a business? Request a quote for volume pricing.

We've been the everyday-supplies shop for NZ offices, schools, other organisations and home workers for years. Pens, pencils, markers, notebooks, files, folders, hole punches, staplers, scissors, tape, sticky notes, calculators, label makers and the 2,000 other small things that keep a workplace running — all stocked deep in our or our supplier's warehouses, all dispatched the same or next day on most orders. Free delivery on every order over $30.

Schools, councils, government departments and busy offices: apply for a Business Pass account for tiered pricing on box and carton quantities, consolidated invoicing, and split-ship across multiple sites.

What's in our office supplies range

• Pens, pencils & markers — Bic, Pilot, Uni-ball, Stabilo, Sharpie and Artline. Ballpoints, gel pens, rollerballs, fineliners, highlighters, permanent markers and whiteboard markers, by the each or by the box.
• Notebooks & pads — A4 and A5 spiral, hardcover and softcover, plain, ruled and gridded. Plus refill pads, scribble pads and exercise books for schools.
• Files, folders & filing — lever arch, ring binders, manilla folders, suspension files, plastic pockets, dividers and document wallets. Marbig, Esselte and Bantex stocked deep.
• Sticky notes & flags — Post-it, Stick'n and house-brand. The standard yellow squares plus pop-up dispensers, page flags, mini cubes and unusual sizes.
• Desk basics — staplers, staples, hole punches, paper clips, bulldog clips, tape dispensers, scissors, glue sticks and rubber bands. Need a chair to put it all on? See our Buro Seating range of chairs.
• Calculators & tech accessories — desktop calculators (Casio, Sharp, Texas Instruments), scientific and printing models, plus charging cables, surge protectors and desk lamps.
• Labels & label makers — Avery address labels, shipping labels, dot stickers, plus Dymo and Brother label-maker tapes.

How to spend smart on stationery

Two principles cut most office supply bills without dropping quality. First, buy by the box rather than the each — a box of 50 ballpoints typically costs 30–50% less per pen than buying singles, and pens don't expire. Same applies to staples, markers, tape and post-its. Second, spend up on the things people use daily and save on what gets used occasionally. A cheap stapler that jams every third use is genuinely worse than a $20 one that lasts ten years; a cheap paper clip is fine.

Brand matters less than people think for some categories (paper clips, rubber bands, plain notebooks) and more than people think for others. Markers and highlighters from quality brands like Stabilo, Sharpie and Pilot last 5–10× longer than the cheapest options. Files from Marbig and Esselte hold up to daily opening; cheap binders crack at the spine and the rings come misaligned. Pens: Bic, Pilot and Uni-ball write reliably for years; the cheapest house-brand ballpoints skip and dry out in a drawer.

For NZ schools, offices and home workers

School orders typically ship as one consolidated delivery to the main office and we can split-ship across campuses on request. For start-of-year stationery rolls, we work with school office managers to get bulk lists priced and delivered before term one — get in touch a few weeks ahead and we'll quote and reserve stock. For home offices and one-person businesses, we ship the same small orders just as fast as the bulk ones — there's no minimum and no surcharge for ordering "just a couple of things". Whatever the size, it goes out the door the same day.