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Trade Me has banned the sale of raw pounamu and aotea on its platform, a decision welcomed by Poutini Ngāi Tahu. Spokesperson Francois Tumahai says Trade Me’s support sends a strong message to sellers and other platforms.
“It’s a major breakthrough for Poutini Ngāi Tahu to have New Zealand’s largest, most high-profile online trading platform supporting our position,” Tumahai says.
The move supports the Ngāi Tahu (Pounamu Vesting) Act 1997, which vested ownership of pounamu in Te Waipounamu with Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu and Poutini Ngāi Tahu.
“This is a tribal asset. We’ve got it back, it’s got its own vesting act,” he says.
Trade Me says removing raw pounamu and aotea listings will help address uncertainty around whether material being sold has been legally sourced. Sellers who breach the policy could have listings removed or face permanent bans from the platform.
Tumahai credits the Ngāi Tahu Pounamu team for monitoring the online trade, saying it had noticed a significant increase in taonga being sold on Trade Me since around 2019 and 2020. While raw pounamu and aotea can no longer be listed on Trade Me, carved and finished pounamu taonga can still be sold.
Kaiwhakairo and Wai Kaha Jade Pounamu owner Arepa Tata (Ngāti Maniapoto) sources his pounamu from Ngāi Tahu through the authentication scheme, but questionable sales remain an issue. Wai Kaha Jade Pounamu is a carving studio and shop in Ōtautahi.
“I see it a lot, especially on Marketplace and Trade Me. I don’t search for it, but when you’re browsing on Facebook and that, and it pops up, I’m just like, there’s another one,” Tata says.
“I think the market should be tightened when it comes to overseas stone, because there's a lot of stone being imported into the country… been sold as pounamu. So that's getting flooded into the market at the moment, and it's really hurting the authenticity of pounamu itself.”
With Trade Me’s ban now in place, Tumahai says attention is turning to other online marketplaces.
“The next biggest, I guess, one to try and tackle would be Facebook Marketplace,”he said.
“We won’t be stopping. We have to try.”
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Kua aukati a Trade Me i te hoko atu i ngā pounamu mata me ngā aotea ki runga i tā rātou whārangi ipurangi, ā, e whakamānawa ana ngā iwi o Poutini Ngāi Tahu i tēnei whakatau.
Hei tā te māngai, a Francois Tumahai nā te tautoko o Trade Me, ko te manako ka tukuna te karere ki ērā atu whārangi me ngā kaihoko.
“It’s a major breakthrough for Poutini Ngāi Tahu to have New Zealand’s largest, most high-profile online trading platform supporting our position,” hei tā Tumahai.
E tautoko ana tēnei ture i te ture Ngāi Tahu (Pounamu Vesting) 1997, nā tēnei kei raro iho te mana o ngā pounamu kei Te Waipounamu i raro i a Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu me Poutini Ngāi Tahu.
“This is a tribal asset. We’ve got it back, it’s got its own vesting act,” hei tāna.
E ai ki a Trade Me, nā te tango o ngā pounamu mata me ngā aotea, e mimiti ake te rangirua o te orokohanga o ngā pounamu. Ka tangohia ngā rawa o ngā kaihoko mena ka takahi rātou i ngā kaupapa here hōu, ā, kei aukatia rātou mai i te whārangi mō āke tonu atu.
E tuku mihi ana a Tumahai ki te tīma o Ngāi Tahu Pounanmu e āta tirotiro haere i te hoko atu i ngā pounamu, nā runga i te piki haere o te hoko i ngā pounamu i waenga i ngā tau 2019 me te tau 2020. Ahakoa kua tangohia ngā pounamu mata me ngā aotea, kei reira tonu ngā taonga pounamu, ka mutu, ka taea tonu te hoko.
Hei tā Arepa Tata, he kaiwhakairo nō Wai Kaha Jade, ka riro i a ia i ngā pounamu mā roto mai i te Ngāi Tahu Authentication Scheme, heoi, he māharahara anō mō ētahi o ngā wāhi hoko. He whare whakairo, he toa pounamu hoki a Wai Kaha Jade Pounamu kei Ōtautahi.
“I see it a lot, especially on Marketplace and Trade Me. I don’t search for it, but when you’re browsing on Facebook and that, and it pops up, I’m just like, there’s another one,” hei tā Tata.
“I think the market should be tightened when it comes to overseas stone, because there’s a lot of stone being imported into the country,”
Kua rāhui te hoko atu ki runga o Trade Me, ka mutu, hei tā Tumahai, ka huri te aroaro ki ērā atu whārangi hoko rawa.
“The next biggest, I guess, one to try and tackle would be Facebook Marketplace,” e ai ki a Tumahai.
“We won’t be stopping. We have to try.”