Puawai Jade

Puawai Jade offers handcrafted pounamu jewellery and authentic New Zealand greenstone carvings, celebrating Māori artistry and West Coast jade traditions.

Specialist pounamu (jade) carver, Niki Nepia, is famed for both his traditional art forms and contemporary work. The highly skilled artist has studied under various Chinese master carvers and highly respected Jade carvers in New Zealand. Constantly pushing his creativity and technical ability, Niki produces work that is innovative, unique and impressively complex.