New Zealand's most considered gifts — personalised Forever Prints generated from real astronomical data, and Objects That Remain in pounamu, bone and paua from Aotearoa. Beautifully presented with an A6 cotton story card naming the moment, the maker and the meaning. Same-day dispatch on Objects That Remain orders before 2pm. NZ-wide delivery.
The moon on the night that mattered. Every moon phase is generated from real lunar data for the exact coordinates of ...
The moon on the night that mattered. Every moon phase is generated from real lunar data for the exact coordinates of ...
The koru has marked this place for centuries. Paua has coloured its coastline since long before that. This p...
A feather has no weight. That is the point. Some things are carried not because they are heavy — but because...
A shape that has existed in Aotearoa for centuries. Carried for safe passage, for prosperity, for the calm t...
Pounamu is found only in Te Wai Pounamu — the South Island of Aotearoa. It formed over millions of years bef...
Pounamu does not ask to be noticed. It simply stays. Cool against the skin, heavy enough to feel, old enough...
The Holding Stone is a pounamu pendant necklace — sourced from Te Wai Pounamu (South Island, Aotearoa), shaped into a...
The tide on the morning that mattered. Every tide chart is generated from real oceanographic data for your exact coas...
The moon on the night that mattered. Every moon phase is generated from real lunar data for the exact coordinates of ...
The sky on the night everything changed. Every star map is generated from the exact coordinates of your location and ...
Paua is found only in New Zealand waters. No two pieces carry the same colour. This one is yours alone. ...
The warmth, in their words
"I ordered the Night Sky print of the night my dad passed. We framed it for my mum's birthday. She didn't say a word for a full minute. Then she just held it. It sits above her bed now."
"We sent EMBER boxes to 40 clients. Three emailed saying it was the most considered gift they'd ever received from a business. The packaging alone sparked conversations."
"Got the Moon Phase print of the night our daughter was born. The detail is unreal — you can see the exact shadow on the moon that night. It's the first thing people notice when they walk in."
Pounamu (NZ greenstone) is a sacred taonga in te ao Māori — traditionally received, not bought for oneself. Gifting pounamu is one of the most meaningful gestures in Aotearoa: it carries whakapapa (lineage), is meant to be worn close to the body for a lifetime, and is the most respected NZ-made gift for milestone moments.
Yes — pounamu is one of the most respected gifts in NZ culture, especially for milestone moments: a graduation, a 50th birthday, a leaving gift for someone moving overseas, a settlement gift between business partners, or the birth of a child. The cultural weight of pounamu makes it the opposite of generic.
Provenance and story. Every EMBER pounamu piece names its carver, where the stone was sourced (mostly Te Wai Pounamu / South Island rivers) and the meaning of its shape (koru, toki, manaia, hei matau). It arrives in matte kraft packaging with the cultural story written on the A6 cotton story card.
Common shapes: koru (new beginnings, growth), toki (strength, determination), manaia (protection, spiritual messenger), hei matau (prosperity, safe travel over water), pikorua / twist (eternal bond between two people or families). EMBER's story card names the shape and its meaning for every piece.
For corporate pounamu gifting in Aotearoa (settlement gifts, executive gifts, visiting delegations), EMBER supplies pounamu pendants from $120 with a custom A6 cotton story card explaining the cultural significance and the gifting company's context. Tier B luxury range $300–400.
