Pikorua Raukaraka - Greenstone Twist Pendant Taonga Schedule an apprentice-level Carve Your

Schedule an apprentice-level Carve Your Own pounamu workshop for a roimata - a teardrop

Natural-coloured or black waxed cord with a fixed-length pounamu toggle

Schedule an apprentice level Carve Your Own pounamu workshop for a porohita - a disc

Carved by Kirikiriroa artist Carol Turner

Pikorua Raukaraka - Greenstone Twist Pendant Taonga Schedule an apprentice-level Carve YourThe pikorua (twist) embodies the universal principle of duality and balance. Its intertwined form symbolizes the interconnectedness of opposing forces: light and darkness, masculine and feminine, challenge and progress. The continuous, unbroken twist of the pikorua represents this perpetual movement and the eternal interplay of these forces. This pikorua was carved by Samuel Potter from raukaraka pounamu sourced from Marsden of Te Wai Pounamu,