Collection: Ora Jade

Ora Jade is a whanau / family-owned business where we try to involve as many family members as we can whether it be simply for advice and perspective or hands on work / mahi itself. This could take many forms such as going to the Awa / river to find raw materials or a walk along the beach looking for driftwood to display our pieces on, that way even the youngest ones are participating and it’s fun.

We always strive to do the best by what we find as we only collect stone we believe to be the best quality and never take more than what we can work. This way the resource is there for those in the future and others who follow the same course.

Ora Jade gets its name from the word Ora – in Māori this word means wellbeing. This is rather ironic considering we work predominately with Nephrite a stone in ancient Greek times associated with wellness and health specifically the kidneys as in the Greek word nephro – nefro.