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 ...

A new manufacturing pounamu gallery in Waikato is poised to turn heads in more ways than one. Sands Carving Studio, led by Alex Sands (Ngāti Kahungunu o Te Wairoa) and his wife Preet, is the region’s ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Part of the largest boulder of Pounamu found in the South Island has been used to materialise the Hanmer Springs Thermal Pool and Spa logo. Photo: supplied / Not-For-Syndication Prefer us on Google A ...

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 ...

Maori carvers use greenstone to create versions of the design, an echo of the legend that Maui pulled their islands from the sea. A hei matau, made from pounamu, the Maori word for New Zealand jade or ...