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WELCOME TO OUR
SLICE OF PARADISE!

Arapawa Blue Pearl Jewellery

Nature’s rarest gems worn with meaning

Hidden deep in the Marlborough Sounds, our family has created something rare.

Discover how craftsmanship, conservation, and family care shape life on Arapaoa Island.

Help Us

Restore the ocean

For nearly 20 years, we’ve been raising and releasing baby pāua to restore wild populations in New Zealand’s coastal waters.

Every donation to our Pāua Reseeding Project helps us expand our tanks, care for more juveniles, and give back to the ocean that sustains us.

Look no further

YOU HAVE ARRIVED

Step off the boat and into a world like no other.

Our guided pearl farm tours offer an inside look at New Zealand’s only land-based pāua farm. Learn about sustainable aquaculture, conservation, and the unique process of cultivating our ocean-born blue pearls.

Visitors often say it’s like discovering a secret world, part science, part art, all heart.

OUR STORY

We’re a family-run business living on remote Arapaoa Island, where we’ve spent more than 30 years caring for this land, the ocean, and the precious pāua that call it home.

Our family’s story is one of innovation, adventure, and guardianship. We combine sustainable aquaculture, jewellery craftsmanship, and eco-tourism to create something truly unique, a legacy of beauty and biodiversity.

Every pearl, every guest, and every reseeded pāua helps sustain this place for generations to come.

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