{"id":391257,"date":"2026-04-22T00:16:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T00:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/391257\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T00:16:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T00:16:09","slug":"pounamu-theft-trio-charged-over-1000kg-haul-from-the-west-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/391257\/","title":{"rendered":"Pounamu theft: Trio charged over 1000kg haul from the West Coast"},"content":{"rendered":"
The pounamu, of various sizes, has been recovered by police as evidence.<\/p>\n
Two women and a man have been charged with theft. <\/p>\n
Police have charged three people with theft after 1000kg of pounamu was seized from multiple properties. Photo \/ Police<\/p>\n
The operation followed reports of illegally sourced stone from the area being sold commercially and an ongoing investigation to track those responsible, said Corner. <\/p>\n
Police had been working closely with Poutini Ng\u0101i Tahu. <\/p>\n
Iwi chairs had welcomed the continued support and ongoing investigations, said Corner. <\/p>\n
Police have called the operation a “large-scale theft”. Photo \/ Police<\/p>\n
\u201cThe public are allowed to fossick for pounamu in approved areas, but this quantity can only be described as commercial.<\/p>\n
\u201cEducation and knowledge is important. We work with Poutini Ng\u0101i Tahu to help people understand what is permissible.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut when it comes to what we\u2019ve found here, it\u2019s very different to someone fossicking freely on a beach. This is large-scale theft.\u201d<\/p>\n
Police have filed charges of theft against a 50-year-old male and a 42-year-old female from Tarras, and a 62-year-old woman from Jackson Bay. <\/p>\n
They are due to appear in the Greymouth District Court on April 29. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The pounamu, of various sizes, has been recovered by police as evidence. Two women and a man have…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":391258,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[202326,1554,1558,13239,11586,71,29955,305,111,43,139,69,1523,384,103823,223,14168,1529,13082,3807],"class_list":{"0":"post-391257","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-zealand","8":"tag-1000kg","9":"tag-alleged","10":"tag-been","11":"tag-charged","12":"tag-coast","13":"tag-from","14":"tag-haul","15":"tag-have","16":"tag-new-zealand","17":"tag-news","18":"tag-newzealand","19":"tag-nz","20":"tag-over","21":"tag-people","22":"tag-pounamu","23":"tag-the","24":"tag-theft","25":"tag-three","26":"tag-trio","27":"tag-west"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=391257"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391257\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/391258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=391257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=391257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=391257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}