Carved pounamu pendants, jewellery, and sculptures fill this family-run shop, where you can watch greenstone being carved directly on site and view one of the largest raw jade collections in New Zealand. Run by a local Ngāi Tahu whānau of life-long West Coasters since September 1998, the business was founded by Mark and Rima and is now managed by their daughter Caroline, with family carvers still working right in the studio. Hokitika is the historic heart of New Zealand pounamu, and having carvers with tribal ties working the stone in the shop means you see the craft firsthand rather than just pieces on a display shelf.
Found at 2 Tancred Street, it sits right in central Hokitika alongside three other gift shops within a kilometre, including Bonz n Stonz and Westland Greenstone. Out of the four gift shops nearby with ten or more reviews, none rates higher than this one. Our pick in Hokitika for genuine West Coast pounamu carved by local hands.