This 70mm niho is carved from beautiful creamy inanga pounamu, crossed by distinctive veins of glossy, glass-like medium green. Its strong, flowing curves highlight the contrast and natural pattern within the stone. The niho represents strength, resilience, courage and connection with the natural world. It is finished with a three-hole ring-bolt lashing in honey-white waxed cord.
This 65mm roimata is carved from rich kawakawa pounamu with a deep green colour and a beautiful glow when held up to the light. The design carries the gentle form of a traditional roimata, with a softly curved base that gives a subtle connection to the shape of a toki while maintaining the smooth, flowing lines of the pendant. Suspended on a black roimata lashing, it is a taonga that symbolises healing, strength, and the ability to move forward through life’s challenges.
This Kōuma breastplate is carved from stunning dark green Marsden Flower Jade with golden highlights rippling through the stone. At 90mm wide and 65mm high, it has strong proportions and visual depth. The Kōuma rests close to the heart and symbolises inner strength, protection, and a connection to whakapapa. It draws on the form of a breastplate, representing both physical and emotional resilience. A deeply meaningful taonga made to be worn with pride.
A handcrafted Kōuma breastplate carved from Kokopu Pounamu, symbolising strength and protection. Featuring a white ringbolt lashing and a four-braid cord.
A kōuma breastplate carved from Inanga Pounamu with rare oxidised rind colouring in warm orange and pale green tones. Bound with a five-hole black ring bolt lashing, this piece symbolises protection, inner strength, and resilience.
Carved by David Curtis, this striking double Mangōpare pendant brings together two intertwined hammerhead sharks in a balanced, symmetrical design. Measuring 90 mm wide by 40 mm high, it is carved front and back with exceptional detail, creating a bold breastplate that symbolises strength, determination, protection, movement, and the power of partnership. A one-of-a-kind taonga that celebrates two lives travelling together.
Carved by David Curtis, this contemporary whai (stingray) is a bold, sculptural taonga formed from deep green Kawakawa Pounamu. At 85mm across, its sweeping curves and heart-like form give it both presence and meaning, reflecting the calm strength and connection carried by the whai.
This patiti is based on the distinctive form of the steel adzes that became widely used by Māori following European arrival. Steel quickly replaced stone and Pounamu for much everyday tool work because it was simply a more effective material. The patiti therefore represents ingenuity, adaptability and being open to new ways of doing things to achieve a better outcome. Carved from beautiful Kahurangi Pounamu and suspended from a harakeke green wax cord, this taonga carries a strong connection between tradition, change and practical thinking.
This 75mm toki is carved from distinctive Pounamu from the Tasman region at the top of Te Waipounamu. A deep blue-green heart runs through most of the taonga, framed by a darker forest-green outer layer that gives the stone a strong natural contrast. The toki represents strength, courage and determination, with the deep blue tones adding a sense of depth and calm to the piece. Finished with black lashing.
Te Ārai o te Mārama means The Shield of Light. This 70mm Tāngiwai kōuma is carved from beautiful Pounamu from Piopiotahi (Milford Sound), with striking natural patterning throughout. One side has a rich, deep green appearance, while the other glows with exceptional translucency when held to the light. Finished with a black five-hole ring bolt lashing and black cord, this taonga symbolises protection, resilience, and the strength to move confidently through life’s journey.
Te Tūhononga, meaning “The Connection”, is a matching pair of hand-carved Pounamu taonga made from Tākiri Pounamu from Douglas Creek. The set includes a 70 mm Kōuma and a 70 mm Hei Toki, each suspended on a black cord, with a five-hole ring-bolt lashing on the Kōuma and a traditional toki lashing on the Hei Toki.
Carved from the same piece of stone, these taonga represent the connection between people. The Kōuma symbolises abundance and the sharing of life’s gifts, while the Hei Toki represents strength, courage, and determination.
This taonga is carved from fine-grained Pākēho limestone, sourced from the Kaikōura coast, a stone traditionally used in Aotearoa for practical tools such as fishing lures. The natural pebble shape led the carving toward the form of a tōhora (whale), with a pāua shell eye set into the stone to bring the piece to life.
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