Paradise Quarry
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About us
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Paradise Quarry is the North Islands premier boutique quarry for Northland Oceanic Schist. Operating for more than 30 years, our quarry occupies ten acres and sits within 140 acres of stunning rolling pastoral land over-looking the water and Whangarei city.
Our stone is predominately a bluey-grey colour, with the balance of the stone featuring earthy colours ranging from bronze tones and sandy browns, occasional white faces to slightly greener highlights. For any project, the result is a beautiful blend of all-natural colours providing visual balance through subtle contrast and variable textures.
The ability to achieve such natural, unique and stunning outcomes has resulted in Paradise Quarry stone being the stone of choice for many of the North Island’s premier projects.
Public Buildings
The physical practicality of using stone in buildings and structures is important. Paradise Stone requires no maintenance, is durable and ages extremely well. Examples are:
– Whangarei Court Building
– Waitakere Council Japanese Gardens
Private Developments
Natural stone holds an outstanding position among all building materials. It is three dimensional, varied and is attractively priced.
The full range of Paradise Stone has been used for indoor and outdoor structural features and landscape designs in private residences, Resorts, Golf Clubs, Vineyards, Luxury Lodges and Commercial Buildings throughout New Zealand.
Significant Sites
For sites where environmental compatibility is paramount the combination of the colours, texture and beauty of the stone ensured integration into the natural surroundings. Examples are:
– Cape Reinga
– Gibbs Farm
– Orewa Foreshore
Our Quarry
Ecologically Focused, Environmentally Compatible Products.
Paradise Quarry is a small, privately-owned boutique quarry situated in Portland. It produces Paradise Stone, a unique, extremely beautiful and very popular high-grade oceanic schist.
Our operating philosophy is to produce high-grade, hand-hewn stone in the most ecological manner possible for a quarry. No energy is needed for its actual manufacture. Energy is only consumed for quarrying and processing, but the share is small when compared to other building materials. The unused stone waste can be used directly for filling in the parts of the quarry where the stone has been extracted or for other practical uses. Nothing is lost in the complete cycle of natural stone quarrying, processing and the return to nature.
Natural stone releases no substances that are hazardous to health. Natural stone also requires no auxiliary chemical substances such as protective coatings, impregnating agents or coatings before it can be used as a building material.
An area of the property was entrusted to the 'Queen Elizabeth 11 National Trust' to preserve the outstanding examples of Paradise Stone in their naturally exposed and weathered form.
The uniqueness of Oceanic Schist
Technically a sedimentary limestone, each line that is clearly displayed in the stone, is essentially a new layer of ‘what was once ocean floor’ 30 million years ago when all of Whangarei was a giant tropical lagoon. Visible within the stone are individual particles comprising of tiny fragments of ancient coral, mollusc and crustacean shell compacted down layer by layer forming the seabed.
It is the very distinct sedimentary lines and natural colours that create the texture and finish which separates Northland Oceanic Schist from any commercially quarried stone available in New Zealand or indeed anywhere else in the world. The stone is predominately a bluey-grey colour, with the balance of the stone featuring earthy colours ranging from bronze tones and sandy browns, occasional white faces to slightly greener highlights.
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Business details
- Category:
- Manufacturers and Suppliers
- Business focus:
- Residential & Commercial
- Verified ArchiPro member since:
- 2020