20 stores · curated ORBIS register
Pounamu, New Zealand greenstone, is carved in view of the customer at one address and set beside a goldsmith's bench at another. Mountain Jade cuts NZ pounamu/greenstone jewellery with live carving to watch through the glass. Jens Hansen has worked from the same Nelson location since 1960. The Fantail House gathers authentic New Zealand-made gifts, souvenirs, greenstone jewellery. A pendant is only as good as its cord: the knot and the drill hole deserve a look before the stone does.
Ponsonby, Auckland
Bijoux is a jeweller at 208 Ponsonby Rd, Auckland, operating since 1988, offering custom design, repairs and alterations in sterling silver and gold. Their pieces include engagement rings, wedding bands, necklaces, bracelets and earrings set with freshwater pearls, diamonds and sapphires.
Best for Custom jewellery design and repairs
Auckland and Wellington, Auckland / Wellington
Kura Gallery has featured Maori and New Zealand artists since 1998, with stores at 95A Customs Street West in Auckland's Viaduct Basin and 19 Allen Street in Wellington's Courtenay Quarter. It sells traditional and contemporary Maori carving, original artworks, jewellery, furniture and pounamu/greenstone.
Best for Maori carving and pounamu jewellery
Karangahape Road / Online
The Third Eye has spent more than 20 years on Auckland’s Karangahape Road, building an eclectic ethical-trading shop around conscious sourcing. Its large in-store range spans jewelry, crystals, incense, clothing, handicrafts, homeware and spiritual goods.
Best for New Zealand design, gifts and lifestyle goods
Christchurch
Marc Bendall designs and handcrafts fine jewellery from his Christchurch workshop, taking bespoke commissions and remodelling heirloom pieces. Work spans engagement rings, diamond settings, and contemporary designs.
Best for Bespoke and handcrafted jewellery
Christchurch
Rowena Watson Jewellers designs and handcrafts jewellery on site in Christchurch, working with clients from concept through to the finished ring or pendant. The studio specialises in bespoke commissions and reworking older pieces.
Best for Custom-designed jewellery
Nelson
Stacey Whale designs and makes luxury diamond jewellery - including engagement rings, eternity rings, bangles and cuffs - in Nelson, New Zealand, using locally mined and recycled gold, diamonds, sapphires, rubies and aquamarine. Her Natural Instinct collection is inspired by New Zealand flora and won a Gold Medal for Jewellery Art and Design at the Florence Biennale.
Best for Luxury diamond jewellery inspired by nz flora
West Coast, Hokitika
Carved in Stone is run by Brittany Lissington, who entered the family greenstone business in 2012 following her father, hand-carving pounamu jewellery and mere with designs drawing on traditional Maori forms. All stone is sourced locally from the western side of Te Waipounamu, the South Island, from the workshop near the Hokitika River.
Best for Hand-carved pounamu jewellery
Queenstown / New Zealand
Led by jeweller Trond Johansson at the workbench, Goldfields Jewellers makes engagement rings, pounamu, opal, and Lord of the Rings-licensed pieces from its shop in the Queenstown Mall on Ballarat Street. Customers can browse the online catalog before visiting the store for a personalized fitting or repair.
Best for Fine Jewellery, Custom Designs
Nelson / New Zealand
At their Nelson glassblowing studio, Ola Hoglund and Marie Simberg-Hoglund create hand-blown glass and glass jewelry, including collector pieces made with Ariel, Graal and Sommerso techniques. The on-site gallery is open daily and displays glassblowing and educational exhibits.
Best for Glass, art glass, glass jewelry
Nelson / New Zealand / Online
Based in the same Nelson location since 1960, Jens Hansen is a jeweller of handmade rings and fine jewellery, known worldwide as the maker of The One Ring from the Lord of the Rings films. Its custom and collection pieces are sold at the Nelson flagship and through an online store.
Best for Jewellery, handmade rings, goldsmith
New Zealand
Maori Arts Gallery is a Maori-owned, family-run business selling pounamu (greenstone) pieces such as earrings, roimata and toki, made in New Zealand from locally sourced materials. It operates as an online store promoting traditional and contemporary Maori arts and crafts.
Best for Pounamu greenstone jewellery
1189 & 1288 Fenton Street, Rotorua, New Zealand
Rotorua's largest pounamu and jade retailer keeps a working carving studio on site, where visitors watch artists shape the stone. It sells jewellery, pendants and sculptures in pounamu and jade, takes custom commissions and runs studio tours.
Best for NZ pounamu/greenstone jewellery and watching live carving
Kaikoura
A family-run paua shell workshop founded in 1987 by Brian and Lisa O'Connor, who moved the business from Riverton to Kaikoura in 1998 to be closer to the coast and its tourist trade. The factory cuts and polishes South Island paua alongside black pearl and mother-of-pearl into necklaces, earrings, buttons and beads on site.
Best for Paua shell jewellery and homeware
Greymouth (Mawhera), West Coast, New Zealand
Catherine and Warren Woollett carve locally sourced pounamu into jewellery and sculpture at their Greymouth studio. They specialise in Flower Jade, a green stone flecked with gold or white markings found near the town.
Best for Flower Jade jewellery and carvings
Queenstown / Online
Silver Fern Gallery has showcased New Zealand art and handcrafted goods since 1993, moving from its original Arrowtown premises to Queenstown in 2008. Its online shop carries paintings, Maori carvings, pounamu jewellery, woodware and ceramics from more than a dozen featured New Zealand artists.
Best for Art & Craft Gallery
Parnell
The Fantail House sells New Zealand-made gifts from a Parnell building built in 1980 by Les and Zena Harvey. A second store trades in Rotorua. It carries work from more than 160 local artisans, from pounamu greenstone jewellery to possum merino knitwear. Only goods designed and made in New Zealand are stocked.
Best for Authentic New Zealand-made gifts, souvenirs and greenstone jewellery
The Fantail House is a New Zealand-made gift shop at 237 Parnell Road in Parnell, Auckland, with a second store at 1203 Tutanekai Street in Rotorua. It stocks work from more than 160 New Zealand artisans and creatives. Everything sold was designed, created, crafted or printed in the country. The Parnell building was built in 1980 by Les and Zena Harvey. The business traded there as The Elephant House before it became The Fantail House. The shop says its collection has been assembled in Parnell for nearly 50 years. Ranges include pounamu greenstone jewellery, possum merino knitwear by Native World, and wool and mohair as well as organic merino and alpaca pieces by Masterweave. Vintage New Zealand tourism prints sit beside native bird prints from Buller's Birds, along with kitchen and homeware, Kiwiana keepsakes and easy-to-post gifts. Free eco-friendly gift wrapping and card writing are offered, and orders ship nationwide and internationally. Gifting for businesses and conferences is handled as a separate service. In March 2026 three staff travelled to the South Island to learn more about pounamu. The shop's journal records the trip and the cultural significance of the stone.
Newmarket, Ponsonby
Since its first gallery opened in 2007, The Poi Room has shown Aotearoa New Zealand-made art objects, artisan jewellery and contemporary wall art. Its Newmarket and Ponsonby spaces showcase New Zealand artists.
Best for NZ-made art, artisan jewellery and design objects
Queenstown / New Zealand
Vu Jewellers hand-crafts engagement rings and bespoke pieces in its Queenstown workshop using ethically sourced gemstones and Otago gold, selling finished designs like the Hula and Blossom collections through its online shop and in-person consultations. The team welcomes both custom commissions and browsing of ready-made jewelry.
Best for Bespoke Jewellery
West Coast, Hokitika
Waewae Pounamu is part of the Ngai Tahu Pounamu Authentication Scheme, based in Hokitika on New Zealand's West Coast, selling pounamu (greenstone) and gold jewellery through named carvers listed on the site.
Best for Pounamu and gold jewellery
Queenstown / New Zealand
Since opening with a Blue Pearl exhibition in 2011, Waka Gallery has sold opals, Tahitian and New Zealand blue pearls, and pounamu jade sculptures carved on-site by owner Rob Lynes and his team in Queenstown. The Pacific-themed shop doubles as a gallery, with life-size whale sculptures overhead and pounamu carving demonstrated in house.
Best for Jewellery & Art, Opals, Pearls & Pounamu
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