a master carver of pounamu, New Zealand’s treasured greenstone; the God stone of the Maori people. Climo crafted me a teardrop-shaped necklace from tangiwai (the most ancient form of pounamu ...

Loreen Henare had her first taste of kapa haka as a 4-year-old performing with her parents and whānau. Forty-eight years ...

Natasha Diamond is now 40, but times have changed in New Zealand. And when Natasha had a daughter of her own, she sent her out into the world with the name Pounamu, teaching her that if someone ...

and wearing a large pounamu tiki (a carved human figure made usually from New Zealand greenstone) pendant around his neck, according to The New Zealand Herald. Purchased by an undisclosed buyer ...