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What is Matariki?……and our exclusive Matariki Pendant

Ramblings from the workbench /

Matariki is the Māori name for a cluster of nine stars that reappear on the north-east horizon each year, sometime in early winter. The pre-dawn rise of Matariki signals the time to celebrate the Māori New Year for many iwi around Aotearoa.(1) Here at Taonga By Timoti Matariki also signals the time for us to […]

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collage of pounamu, jade and greenstone, colours

What’s in a name; Do you know if you are wearing Pounamu, Greenstone or NZ Jade?

Taonga Tales /

I had an interesting conversation with a lovely lady the other day who had been looking through our website. It just so happened that this lady is also an astute businesswoman, savvy to the world of SEO’s, google analytics, pack rankings and all those other words that make my head spin. And so, after looking

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