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Ocean Shell Ltd owner Nina Shields would like community groups to be able to collect and sell naturally beached pāua shells.
Caption:Ocean Shell Ltd owner Nina Shields would like community groups to be able to collect and sell naturally beached pāua shells.Photo credit:RNZ / Katie ToddA paua shell.RNZ / Katie ToddBruce Shields, founder of Ocean Shell Ltd.RNZ / Katie ToddPāua shells transformed into a veneer sheet for crafts, furniture jewellery and other purposes.RNZ / Katie ToddA trochus shell used to create buttons at Ocean Shell Ltd.RNZ / Katie ToddA shelf of shells at Ocean Shell Ltd.RNZ / Katie ToddBags of graded shells inside the Ocean Shell Ltd factory in Riverton.RNZ / Katie ToddLazer-cut pāua souvineers made at Ocean Shell Ltd.RNZ / Katie Todd
The surfer statue at Colac Bay/Ōraka was not fiberglassed when it was built in 1999, which ultimately compromised its longevity.
The rāhui has largely held for four years but there’s been illegal taking of kaimoana including by headtorch at night. (Te Korimako o Taranaki file)
Hands holding freshly harvested delishious green-lipped mussels (known as greenshell mussel or kuku) at Marlborough Sounds, South Island of New Zealand
Taranaki fishery officers seized 338 pāua, 199 of which were undersized, from a closed area on Thursday night.
Ned was unearthed in a Wairarapa garden earlier this month and was found to be something quite special - a left handed snail.
A man holding a ballpoint pen to fill a work visa application form to New Zealand.
Workers at desks in an office.
Australia: SkyCity Adelaide casino and hotel building viewed from the riverbank during sunset time on September 7, 2020.
Close-up of a dog tag round a yellow labrador’s neck that says ‘Bella’
Wellington Water repairs in Tawa.
The speedway VW Amarok ute that was hit in a fatal crash on State Highway 1 near Hunterville.
A woman holds a jar of coins labelled savings.
The aftermath of a fire in Spur Grove, Tītahi Bay, Porirua, on 21 June 2026, which badly damaged a house and a caravan on neighbouring properties the night before.