by Basil Keane
He taonga tino nui rawa atu te pounamu ki te Māori – ka
rawea, ka reia, ka arongia nuitia. He tohu te pounamu ki te
mana me te wehi; he taonga whakarākei, he taonga whakapūmau
hoki i te rangimārie.
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Main image: Pounamu touchstone at the national museum,
Te Papa Tongarewa