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What is Paua Shell?

Paua is a species of abalone (Haliotis Iris), with a special shell. It is only found in the seas around New Zealand. This marine snails eats seaweed and lives clinging to the rocks at depths of 1-10 metres, normally found around most of the NZ rocky shoreline, but it grows biggest and best in the cold waters around Stewart Island and Southland.

Paua Shell Jewellery and the Environment

The Paua fishery is a sustainable fishery. Divers free dive to get the Paua from the rocks and are prohibited from using air tanks or any other methods. Due to a quota management system with strictly enforced regulations controlling the size of paua taken, sustainability is ensured. The future of this naturally occuring resource appears ensured. The shell is a byproduct of catching paua for the meat. By purchasing a piece of paua shell jewellery you are increasing the value of this resource and helping ensure that it continues to be managed in a sustainable way.

About the Paua Shell Jewellery There are so many fantastic colours of blues, greens, pinks, purples and reds which all come together in the shell and make it seem quite surreal. When I first saw the Paua shell I could not quite believe its shimmers and shines. No two shells are alike and each piece of jewellery is unique in its colouring. In the Maori language the Paua is the name given to the abalone species (Halitotis Iris). Legend says that mermaids make the jewellery themselves.

A little about me.

I’m Welsh Yay. Anyone can cuddle, but only the Welsh can Cwtch. Things I love.

Our flag, our beautiful country, music, singing, art, dancing, poetry, rugby, hearing another Welsh accent at Leighton Buzzard, laughing,

crying, visiting as many markets as I can at home and abroad, colour, Rainbow markets, giving praise when earned, festivals and carnivals,

Christmas, my own Rainbow stall, gardening. Most of all, my lovely friends and customers, Leighton Buzzard Market, and my English

Husband!

As you can see I’m passionate about many things and I really enjoy meeting people!

With a passion for music in many styles, notably folk but with fusions of classical, country, rock and Bhangra, I have written and recorded

some of my own songs, play chromatic harmonica and keyboards and sing. I also catalogue classical music for another business that

specialises in “recycling” second-hand sheet music and books. Please take a look here olin Coleman Music

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Two songs I have recored are shared below Panicky

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