New Zealand shells handcrafted into stories you wear.

Real paua and kina shell jewellery, made by hand in the Bay of Islands

WHY CHOOSE NOSTALGEM

New Zealand has a salt-of-the-earth way about it.

We tend to value the simple things.

Here, a humble shell can feel just as cherished as precious gems.

Handworked in small batches in small town New Zealand. And chosen to mark the connection between family, loved ones or home.