Tāne Mahuta, one of the oldest and largest trees in the world at 51m high and with a girth of 13.8 metres, stands in the great Waipoua kauri forest that is home to 75% of New Zealand’s mighty kauri trees. Waipoua forest is in the Hokianga region on Northland’s west coast of the North Island […]
Image by reginasphotos from Pixabay The entire eastern coastline of New Zealand along the Coromandel Peninsula is studded with jewel-like beaches. The sand is white, the native pōhutukawa trees covered in crimson flowers and the water warm and clear. One special beach in particular is Hot Water Beach – obviously named because of the fact […]
German Unity Day, on October 3rd, is the German national holiday, a sort of German Fourth of July. Both the observance date and the holiday are recent. The third day of October has only been a national holiday since 1990. For nearly 30 years, East and West Germany were divided. This national holiday in Germany […]
Continuing on from my last blog – I would like to show you a few more of my absolute favourite pieces of Unique New Zealand Jewellery. I love working in this industry where I get to choose such special pieces of Paua Shell Jewellery to wear each and every day. Diamond Earrings and Diamond Pendant PE200/PE100 […]
There is too much to say about Auckland to limit it to one paragraph but I will try! Auckland, based around 2 large harbours, is a major city in the north of New Zealand’s North Island with a population of approximately 1.6 million people. In the centre, the iconic Sky Tower has views of Viaduct […]
Not surprisingly, given that New Zealand is surrounded by sea, our native New Zealand people Māori have a strong affinity with the ocean. Oral storytelling is a vital element in Māori culture, and the story of demi-god Māui fishing Aotearoa from the sea has been passed down through the generations. The North Island (Te Ika […]
Renowned for spectacular sunsets and boasting one of the best surf breaks in the world, Ninety Mile Beach is an almost never-ending paradise.On the Western Coast of the far North Island, Ninety Mile Beach, official Māori name Te Oneroa-a-Tōhē Ninety Mile Beach stretches from Ahipara Bay, to Scott’s Point and is actually just 88 kilometres […]
Since I wrote my blog on Marlborough to you a wee while ago I have had many requests for information about our beautiful country. So I thought I would tell you a little story about some of my most favourite places in New Zealand and the unique Ariki New Zealand Jewellery pieces inspired by this […]
To me one of the most special and unique aspects of working for Ariki New Zealand Limited is the knowledge that we are New Zealand made – this is our, in my opinion, point of difference to all other Paua Shell Jewellery brands on the market. All Ariki New Zealand jewellery is hand crafted with […]
I thought it was about time I told you a little bit more about the region Ariki New Zealand Limited calls home, Marlborough New Zealand. Marlborough covers the north-eastern corner of the South Island of New Zealand. The main town, Blenheim (population around 24,000) is 4½ hours by road from Christchurch, 35 minutes by air […]
