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Story: Pounamu – jade or greenstone

Circular saw

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Circular saw

This large circular saw slices through a slab of pounamu. Modern cutting equipment like this speeds up the process of cutting the slabs to size.

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Basil Keane, Pounamu – jade or greenstone – Modern stone work, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/9357/circular-saw (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Basil Keane, published 2 March 2009.