'Pounamu', is known as a greenstone or green jade. You know, the jewelery New Zealanders wear
You could say either Pounamu or Taonga.
it means green jade orstoen
Pounamu
It is a form of Jade, commonly known as Greenstone
Green. It's the Maori word for greenstone.
Greenstone.
Witi Ihimaera.
No, it is fiction.
The Maori word for South Island is Te Waipounamu.
Pounamu from New Zealand is known as greenstones.
Pounamu is the Maori word for green stone. All pounamu in New Zealand belongs to Maori and cannot be collected from its natural environment by any other race- other people can buy it though. Pounamu is a very treasured stone to Maori.
Pounamu are found in New Zealand. New Zealand is made up of two islands, the north and the south. Pounamu, or actually Te Wai Pounamu, is 'The South Island'. Green stones, also known as Jade, are found in New Zealand. The natives (Maori) people carved jade into weapons and necklaces called pounamu. The maori believed-and some still do-that Pounamu protects you from evil spirits, the more clear and pure (lighter) the pounamu (Jade stone) is, the more it will protect you.