Elegant long Greenstone pendants with a koru bail available in either sterling silver or 9ct gold.

Traditionally Pounamu pendants have a large strong shape which do not suit everyone, so we created a range of smaller more elegant pieces. The greenstone is cut with a very high polish giving beautiful reflections.

Pounamu/ greenstone
The price of the 9ct option excludes chain but a chain can be purchased separately
available in other metals. Contact us for a quote
handmade in our Nelson workshop
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Would you like a different shape or design? contact us and we can create something especially for you. We closely work together with a greenstone carver on the West Coast who's happy to carve for us almost any shape we require.

There are many legends around New Zealand's precious Pounamu. One of them is the legend of Poutini.

Poutini is a water spirit Taniwha that swims up and down South Islands West coast protecting People and the precious Pounamu (Greenstone).

Legend has it that Poutini saw a young woman, Waitaiki, bathing near Tūhua in the North Island. Poutini fell in love with Waitaiki but she was married. Her husband Tama-ahua found out and threatened to kill Poutini. Poutini abducted Waitaiki and fled to the South Island. Tama-ahua did not give up and when there seemed no way out Poutini hid Waitaiki in the bed of the Arahura River and changed her into Pounamu before he fled out to sea.

As the river washes over Waitaiki fragments are carried down stream to the sea. So Waitaiki became the mother-load of all Pounamu found down the Arahura River.

Greenstone Pendant with Koru Bail