tangiwai stone – Pounamu Online https://pounamuonline.co.nz Sun, 10 Mar 2024 01:12:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7 Hei Matau (Fishing Hook) Pendant https://pounamuonline.co.nz/product/hei-matua-fishing-hook-pendant/ Wed, 25 May 2022 03:27:29 +0000 https://pounamuonline.co.nz/?post_type=product&p=974 The hei matau provides protection for travel (especially over water) and through life’s journeys, offering strength, good health, fishing luck, prosperity and peace. Formed from the tangiwai variety of the rare and unique stone pipiwharauroa, this pounamu is a translucent light green, streaked with flecks of blue/green.  

2.5cm x 1.5cm

]]> Hei Matau (Fishing Hook) Earrings https://pounamuonline.co.nz/product/hei-matua-fishing-hook-earrings/ Wed, 25 May 2022 03:21:00 +0000 https://pounamuonline.co.nz/?post_type=product&p=972 The hei matau provides protection for travel (especially over water) and through life’s journeys, offering strength, good health, fishing luck, prosperity and peace. Formed from the tangiwai variety of the rare and unique stone pipiwharauroa, this pounamu is a translucent light green, streaked with flecks of blue/green.  

2cm x 1cm

]]> Hei Tiki https://pounamuonline.co.nz/product/hei-tiki/ Wed, 25 May 2022 00:12:23 +0000 https://pounamuonline.co.nz/?post_type=product&p=960 Read More »Hei Tiki]]>  Named after the first man in the Māori creation story, the tiki is a traditional spiritual guardian and reminder of family forebearers. It symbolises fertility, inner knowledge and loyalty. Often carved with three fingers to represent birth, life and death. This pounamu is formed from the tangiwai variety of pipiwharauroa, offering a partially translucent olive green colour with flecks of black. 

5cm x 3.5cm

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