Maori carvers use greenstone to create versions of ... Ngai Tahu runs a pounamu jewelry business. New Zealand’s modern-day laws recognize pounamu (pronounced poe-nuh-moo) as a taonga, or ...

This article is part of Traveller’s Holiday Guide to the Best of New ... of precious greenstone, or pounamu. It seems every second shop in town either sells the jade-green jewellery or is ...