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4 December 2025

We are pleased to announce that Ariki New Zealand Jewellery…

Cruising on the seas

2 September 2017

We had a busy summer season here in New Zealand with cruise ships…

Major Earthquake rocks our Island paradise

3 December 2016

Shake rattle and roll….as we head into the first week of summer…

A unique gift to mark my daughter’s eighteenth birthday

3 September 2016

New Zealand: a backdrop of snow covered mountains

5 August 2016

It has been autumn going through to winter in our beautiful country…

Rightful names of birth

25 July 2016

The latest of our design process

4 July 2016

Our cute wee Dutch windmill pendant. Characteristic of the Dutch landscape and a Holland Souvenir

7 June 2016

Unique to New Zealand’s environmentally pure coastal waters

7 May 2016

Craftmanship inspired by the world around us

26 March 2016

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Ariki New Zealand Jewellery

Ariki is the world’s most successful designer/manufacturer of Paua shell jewellery (in American English: paua shell jewelry). It is also one of the largest New Zealand jewellery manufacturers. The name “Ariki” is from the Maori language and means “The Chief”.
By using only the best quality Paua shells Ariki’s Paua shell jewellery, is able to clearly distinguish itself from its imitators all around the world. On this website you can buy your paua shell pendants and paua earrings online.
Ariki also offers an extensive Nephrite Jade jewellery collection, including brooches and rings.
Unlike most of our New Zealand competitors we have a proud history of being a New Zealand based manufacturer employing New Zealanders to produce products for sale in New Zealand, overseas and online.