because Maori believe pounamu is not found, it reveals itself. Revelation, however, is complicated by the fact that there are many green stones that are not greenstone, or nephrite, as geologists ...

which is the traditional Maori system of tattooing, and wearing a large pounamu tiki (a carved human figure made usually from New Zealand greenstone) pendant around his neck, according to The New ...

Getty Images The takahe have a cultural significance to Maori and have appeared in a stamp The release last week of nine breeding-age pairs at Greenstone Station in the Lake Whakatipu area was an ...