Aotearoa Bone & Stone Carving Academy is a Māori-led carving school at 6J Polaris Place in East Tāmaki, Auckland. It runs hands-on taonga workshops in bone, pounamu and wood, where people can make their own pendant from beef bone or pounamu. The academy also has a gallery of taonga. It describes itself as Auckland's first indigenously owned, kaupapa-led bone and stone carving academy, and it grew out of the Toi Manawa initiative, which joined Māori art with social work.
Workshops can be held at the studio, or the academy can come to a group, with travel costs applying. Multiple bookings may be eligible for a discount. Past workshop students describe the pounamu class as a chance to learn whakapapa and feel a connection with their taonga, and they say the teaching is clear and the day is fun. The academy also works with schools, organisations, correctional facilities, marae and tourism businesses.