{"title":"Pounamu","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePounamu is the Mäori name given to New Zealand Greenstone, also called New Zealand\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJade. Highly prized in Mäori culture for its beauty, strength, and the belief that it was\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003esacred. Used as tools, adornment and reinforced the status of chiefs.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePounamu is only found in the South Island of New Zealand. It is believed that the mineral\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003edeposits in the area and the melting glaciers wash the pounamu down the rivers and\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003estreams and that the particular mineral content make it exclusively the only place on earth where Pounamu can be found.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTherefore only Pounamu has the ability to whakapapa back to Aotearoa, making it priceless to Mãori i te Ao, the Mãori World.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0678\/4149\/1219\/collections\/RESIN_4_c442c609-882a-4437-851d-629ed6576f66.png?v=1781770192","url":"https:\/\/www.apieceofhome.co.nz\/collections\/pounamu-1.oembed","provider":"A Piece of Home - NZ Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}