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 ...

Large-scale thefts of the taonga led to prosecutions in the early 2000s, during which stolen raw pounamu and carved pieces were recovered and repatriated to Ngāi Tahu. Some of the pieces now ...