The Auckland Experience Centre

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Here’s a look inside a recent project. Fisher & Paykel’s new Auckland Experience Centre is the result of a design collaboration between Fisher & Paykel, Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei, Alt Group and Knight Associates. If you’re lucky enough to visit – and we recommend you do! – you’ll find an incredible sequence of sculptural elements and natural materials representing Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei ancestral narratives, as well as luxury kitchens designed with Arclinea, Boffi and Henrybuilt. We’re proud to have contributed our stunning bluestone to this tactile and inspiring representation of Designed in Aotearoa New Zealand.

The onboarding area of the Auckland Experience Centre, a place for manaakitanga and welcome. It is defined by a adze-finished timber plinth that has been crafted from 45,000-year-old swamp kauri. The plinth presents a section of bluesone – a ‘hot rock’, containing an induction element – which is used to brew kawakawa tea, a native plant with healing properties, to share with guests.

If you've been inspired by Timaru Bluestone, please get in touch with us to find out what we can do for your next project. The only limit is your imagination!

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Timaru Bluestone creates unique bespoke stone products that are unaffected by weather, low in maintenance, non slip and will last for generations. Bluestone is naturally beautiful, genuinely New Zealand stone, and its versatility is unparalleled.

Home Owners, Architects, Civil Engineers and Town Planners are becoming increasingly aware of this wonderful stone, and its endless applications. As it continues to be specified by these designers for new and prestigious projects, a lasting heritage is being established for future generations to come.

Our team of skilled craftsmen will fabricate raw bluestone into paving, house veneers, pool edging, kerb and channel, road paving, tables, tiles, bollards, landscape details, memorials, outdoor furniture and much much more. The possible uses for bluestone are endless and we can assure that by choosing Timaru Bluestone for your next project you will enjoy a naturally beautiful, genuinely New Zealand product for many many years.

Our competitive advantage is that we supply NZ sourced and manufactured bespoke stone products.