5 Jun 2025

Hundreds of stolen pounamu returned to West Coast hapū

From Checkpoint, 4:51 pm on 5 June 2025

More than 360 pieces of stolen pounamu will be returned to West Coast hapū, in what has been described as a small win against the greenstone black market. Police haven't laid any charges after a tip-off from the public led them the remote Jackson River in South Westland, and are instead seeking what they call an alternative resolution with two men in their 30s. Katie Todd reports.