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| The New Zealand Shop | ![]() |
93 Front St. E. Toronto, Ont. M5E 1C3
Owner: Kate Ryan Kate offers a lovely selection of jewellry, accessories, art and decorative items from New Zealand and the South Sea Islands. She specializes in Paua shell, a beautiful, opalescent abalone shell native to the shallow saltwater bays of New Zealand. The Maori peoples of New Zealand hold this unique shell in very high regard. They have been making personal adornments, inlaying wood sculptures, and decorating their boats and houses with it for centuries. |
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Kate also carries jewellry and other items made with white and black mother-of-pearl shell, coral and other decorative shells from the South Seas. Kate has travelled extensively and is an experienced interior designer. She has applied her knowledge of New Zealand and the South Seas and experience of design to create this unique and lovely shop to show case the wonderful products of her native New Zealand.
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