Explore our jade carving studio, meet local artists and choose a piece of pounamu to take home!
Discover the art of carving jade at our greenstone studio in Rotorua. Immerse yourself in the history of New Zealand jade carving, exploring the origins of pounamu and uncovering the significance of the stone for Māori.
Spend time with our artists in their studio, learning about the carving process and taking in the sights, sounds and atmosphere of our jade carving workshop. After visiting the studio, you’ll get to choose and string your very own pounamu, turning it into a necklace to cherish forever.
Our tour lasts around 40 minutes and is suitable for kids and a great wet weather activity!
All prices are shown in NZD ($)
So happy you enjoyed the tour! Thanks for the review :)
The tour was great! Nice insights into the process of carving Pounamu. The guide was really kind and passionate about the whole topic. In the end you could even select one small piece of pounamu to keep from a range of different smaller pieces, neat!
So happy you enjoyed the tour! Thanks for visiting :)
Wow, I was the only person on the tour so was really able to ask lots of questions. Staff were really attentive and knowledgeable. I really appreciated the experience.
Thank you for the review Donna, so happy you enjoyed the tour!
Great little tour about where the jade comes from. Procedure of carving and polishing was shown. The lovely piece of jade was given to each of us in the end of the tour. Well worth if you are in Rotorua.
Thanks for visiting!
One of the best gift from Aoetearoa with all the blessing and stories behind told and showed by real Tangata whenua
Thanks for your review!
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Lara from Germany wrote on 24 February 2023
Sehr interessant!
Zu Beginn gab es eine allgemeine Einführung und dann haben wir viel Zeit im Studio verbracht. Alle Fragen wurden beantwortet und es war sehr interessant dem Künstler bei der Arbeit zuzuschauen! Super schön, dass man am Ende eine Kette erhält.