A Napier family has opened a pounamu carving studio in the city centre, offering workshops for people wanting to carve their own taonga. Couple Teina Marsters and Nancy Rakete-Stones opened their new ...

The late Len Gale was not only a superb craftsman in many materials, but also a teacher who had the gift of explaining creative processes in simple terms. That shines through in a smart new edition, ...

A mobile pounamu carving stand at Cathedral Square is showing people in Christchurch how to work with the precious stone these school holidays. The pounamu carving unit has been set up outside the ...

Timoti Moran crafts custom greenstone pieces inspired by the stories his clients share with him. In partnership with 100% Pure New Zealand, we meet Moran to find out what pounamu means to him, why ...

Two Rotorua brothers, making their mark in te ao Māori as they follow in the footsteps of their tīpuna (ancestors), are carving a new future for the next generation. Based at Rotorua’s Mountain Jade ...

The pounamu carving unit has been set up outside the central city library, Tūranga, to give people a chance to create their own greenstone pieces. The free hour-long workshops, which aim to bring the ...

Jeromy van Riel has been carving out pounamu and other stone since 2005. PHOTOS: OLIVIA CALDWELL Jacinda Ardern, Gordon Ramsay and a member of the Rothschild family all own one of his pounamu pendants ...

Gathered from the cold blue waters of awa up and down the west coast of the South Island, pounamu begins as a raw, hidden piece of stone. Once carved and cut into an intricate design, it can take on a ...