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maori cultural centre te koha gallery and soul seeker studio

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maori cultural centre te koha gallery and soul seeker studio

Te Koha Gallery, Soul Seeker Studio, Hohepa Woodcarving and Kiwi Kai are...

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CLGChris

Not a large place but it's free and there is a nice lady at the door to help. I thought prices were reasonable for hand made craft. But I wonder how some of the fine detail of the jewel was achieved pre Dremel tools. Franz Josef is a small town & the Cultural Centre is on the Main St so a visit is recommended.
Chris-Bennett12

Jan the owner was very knowledgeable and helpful and made you relaxed The stones and carvings are beautiful. My husband carved his own piece of NZ greenstone in their workshop
SusieW481

We stumbled across this magic place and spent hours with the stones and the delightful and knowledgeable Jan while Margaret made me a wristlet and earrings to match my amazing pendant. Wonderful products and much history in this place, go and make your own taonga with these wonderful people!!!
greenmountains

Beautiful local jewelry. Nice owners who enjoy sharing their knowledge of the area. A workshop in the back where it is possible to try some jewelry carving yourself.
303richardg

A good authentic Moari arts & crafts centre. You can have a lesson & create your own jade craft . Take time to watch a very good wood carver (there most of the time or not far away !) Interesting original arts & crafts to buy.
N6548RThelenb

This little shop exudes warmth and friendliness. It provides an opportunity to make your own jewellery. The owner was friendly and perceptive and we felt under no pressure in simply browsing at pieces on display. We did fall in love with a couple of pieces made by local artists, and which were reasonably priced but sadly, we bought only one.
Hassendeanbandb

So pleased we found this shop, and could read some diverge history behind the Maori symbols. Lady in shop very friendly and helpful.
heartagram_angel

Our heli-hike for the day was cancelled and we found ourselves wondering into the Maori Cultural Centre. After being greeted but a very friendly woman named Jen, she told us that we could make our own jewelry if we wanted, instead of buying something. To me this really showed passion in the craft as well as truly wanting people to experience making their own jewelry rather than making a profit. Making your own was much cheaper than buying an already made one. This I find honorable. The whole experience from start to finish was incredible. Margaret was an amazing teacher! They were all so helpful & informative. My partner & I both made a Toki with Aotea Stone (Only found in Jacob's River, South Westland NZ). We were so happy with our final bound pieces! A truly unforgettable experience! Thank you so much team, we will definitely be telling everyone who comes or passes through Franz Josef to stop in! :)
Mihiroa

With the weather closing in and a couple of hours to fill before we were due to go and see the white herons nearby, we were lucky enough to wander into Te Koha Gallery. While I was having a look around, my husband discussed the process, time and cost of making our own greenstone necklace. With rain falling outside and nothing much else to do we decided we may as well give it a go. Well! We were so glad that we did!! What an experience! I am so glad that we were fortunate enough to have the experience of carving our own pounamu! Jan and Ryan were extremely friendly and helpful and nothing was too much trouble. My husband and I are teachers and both agreed afterwards that if Ryan was not a carver he would make a wonderful teacher! He was patient and explained each step well. He was good at giving us just the right amount of help and guidance so that we were able to end up with a quality product that we could proudly say we had made ourselves! Jan was also really friendly and gave us a lot of help + plaited some wonderful cords for us to put our pounamu on. The pieces we made looked great and the price was really reasonable. Both my husband and I agreed that we would definitely do it again if we were in the area. A+ :)
Larabris

We found the cultural centre to not have a lot of Maori culture but lots of really expensive stuff to purchase. Really disappointing. We wanted to learn more about the culture but they were not interested in talking to us when we were obviously not going to buy the ridiculously overprice handicrafts.

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