Te Pāti Māori vice-president Fallyn Flavell, a hīkoi organiser, told the Rotorua Daily Post that it was hard to say exactly ...

Almost 60 kgs of sacred greenstone have been returned to a West Coast hapū after people tried to illegally export it overseas ...

Almost 60kg of sacred greenstone has been returned to a West Coast hapū after people tried to illegally export it overseas.

The pounamu, also known as New Zealand greenstone or jade, was intercepted by Customs during separate illegal export attempts ...

Customs has today returned close to 60 kilograms of pounamu seized at the border to its rightful guardians, Poutini Ngāi Tahu (West Coast hapū), in a ...

"Pounamu is part of who we are as Poutini Ngāi Tahu", Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Waewae's chair says of the emotional ceremony ...

An estimated 10,000 people have marched through Rotorua today as part of Hīkoi mō te Tiriti, according to police. “Due to the ...

Operation Resolution is being delivered by NZDF-led response teams on the ground in Samoa and in New Zealand. Daily ...

By putting Māori storytelling at the heart of the project, the pathway emphasises the cultural significance of Pounamu (greenstone) and its importance to Poutini Ngāi Tahu. The project has ...

The West Coast is one of the best places in the country to purchase a quality pounamu (greenstone/jade) piece, pottery, glass art, paintings and more. The pioneering, self-reliant culture and history ...