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When craft meets purpose, incredible things happen! At the 2025 Life Flight Gala, held in Wellington, with the generous support of Westpac NZ, our Aviette Tourmaline Ring and Floeting® Diamond Studs went under the hammer and raised an incredible $29,200....

We are excited to announce that The Village Goldsmiths Directors and Co-Founder of Floeting®, Chris Benham, has been named a category winner in the prestigious EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™ NZ 2025 awards. 

We were honoured to be featured on TVNZ’s Seven Sharp in a segment that perfectly captured what we strive to do every day at The Village Goldsmith – bring meaning, visionary design, and meticulous craftsmanship together in a piece of jewellery to capture our client’s aspirations, stories and memories.

Floeting® Diamond Technology Recognised in 2025 ExportNZ ASB Innovation Awards  Innovation That Sparks Creativity We’re proud to share that The Village Goldsmith has been named a finalist in the 2025 ExportNZ ASB Central Region Export Awards, recognised in the Excellence...

The Floeting® Diamond has been recognised again for its innovation and global impact — this time as a finalist in two categories of The Post 2025 Gold Awards:  Innovation Gold  Global Gold  For a quarter century, these prestigious awards have...

We’re truly humbled and thrilled to share that our revolutionary Floeting® Diamond has won two major accolades at the 2025 NZ Hi-Tech Awards:  Most Innovative Hi-Tech Manufacturer of the Year  Most Innovative Hi-Tech Creative Technology Solution  These wins mark a significant...

Discover Ian Douglas's expert insights on Vivienne Westwood's jewellery collection, shared ahead of the world premiere exhibition at Te Papa, Wellington. Explore the brilliance of fine jewellery and creative design. Book your tickets now.

 As we embrace the new year, we’re taking a moment to reflect on our gratitude for a 2024 filled with magical moments. From creating and crafting new designs such as the Eyre Collection, to being the first jeweller to win...

  We are delighted to introduce Eyre Collection – a series of contemporary jewellery designs showcasing rare black jade sourced from the Eyre Peninsula of South Australia. Designed by Ian Douglas, founder of The Village Goldsmith, every piece from this...

We are honoured to share that we won Gold and Silver in New Zealand's Best Design Awards in the Designed Objects category for our Floeting® Diamond Signet Ring and Floeting® Diamond Vessel Ring, respectively. This recognition means we become the first New...

For more than forty years, Westpac has supported Life Flight. And for more than forty years, clients have trusted The Village Goldsmith to capture their stories and memories with extraordinary, original jewellery.   Westpac rescue helicopter Grant Elliott Adrian, our...

The Tāne pendant is the latest creation from our Maori Legends collection. After we created Maui, a stunning one-off pendant inspired by the Māori legend of Maui fishing up the North Island of New Zealand, we knew there were more stories and additions for this collection. Introducing the Tāne pendant, inspired by...

  For over forty years, clients have trusted The Village Goldsmith to capture their stories and memories with extraordinary, original jewellery. When we first introduced the Narrative Collection, our aim was to explore the theme of harmony through designs inspired by...

  We are immensely proud to have supported the CatWalk Trust since its inception in 2005. CatWalk funds innovative, world-class spinal cord injury research to cure paralysis. Helping to advance this crucial research is personal for The Village Goldsmith. Our...

“There are 360 degrees, so why stick to one?” – Zaha Hadid  Glidar ring  What defines a ring? Glidar was designed as an experiment to help answer that. It's not practical in any sense, but why should it be? It...

Our team takes immense pride in crafting extraordinary jewellery to celebrate our clients' love, anniversaries, celebrations and milestone events. These pieces serve as timeless reflections of the unique and captivating stories and memories our clients hold dear. We've compiled a short montage of some...

Our team was delighted to contribute to such a meaningful project for our community and to donate our time and 100 silver keys to help raise funds for our neighbours. We are pleased to share the fundraising auction event successfully raised $100,000 to help fund Whakamaru.  

When designing jewellery for everyday wear, a certain level of practicality must be factored in – but what if we were to let ourselves revel in the pure beauty and artistic expression of fine jewellery? The Village Goldsmith’s response to...

 This year, we donated a Bespoke Jewellery Creation Experience valued at $10,000. Life Flight’s Gala auction successfully raised a total of $107,000 to support their life saving work.  

  Relive memories of strolling past a Harakeke bush and finding Tūīs feasting on the flax's bright yellow pollen.Inspired by Aotearoa’s most distinctive native flax, the Harakeke earrings are designed to be a minimalistic organic form. Harakeke represents whānau (family)...

On the 16th of February 1986 the Russian cruise liner the Mikhail Lermontov ran aground on rocks near Port Gore in the Marlborough Sounds. Twenty years later amber jewellery salvaged from the ship has been reborn, reinvigorated into new striking...