Hokitika – Pounamu, NZ Jade
This video takes you into the heart of Hokitika on the West Coast of New Zealand, the birthplace of Pounamu, New Zealand jade. Pounamu was prized for its strength,…
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People Come and Go but Te Wahipounamu Endures
“Te Wahipounamu, the place of jade. Since 1990 this southwestern edge of New Zealand has enjoyed World Heritage recognition for its four national parks and interconnecting tracts of conservation land,” Kennedy Warne writes for…
On the Trail of Colour in Hokitika
For those “following the trail of the world created” in Man Booker Prize winner Eleanor Catton’s The Luminaries, the Telegraph suggests ten great things to do in Hokitika. Included in the list is a cycle…
Treasures Travel to Beijing
Te Papa is sending an exhibition of pounamu to China, where it expects a flurry of interest among museumgoers who haven’t seen how other cultures work with the precious stone. ‘Kura Pounamu: Treasured Stone…
