The Solomon Islander mastering the art of pounamu carving

Pounamu, or greenstone, is an iconic Kiwi treasure highly valued by Māori and those who wear it. Our reporter Moana Makapelu Lee took a trip back to her iwi roots on the West Coast to meet Pacific Islander Steve Gwaliasi, who knows everything there is to know about this finite resource.

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Meaaan matua! 💯

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Steve is my brothers dads best friend in fact my brothers, mum and their dad went down in 2019 and 2020 in fact if anyone goes down there ask Steve for a Fraser toka that my bros dad

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Soloman island are copying the Maori design