Locations

Central Otago is well known for its Schist Stone. There are many quarries located in the Central region and the West Coast. Schist de-laminates easily, making it ideal for paving and capping walls. Since the gold mining boom in the 1860's Schist has been used extensively throughout Central Otago to build houses, shops, barns, boundary walls and bridges among other monuments.

Dunite is an igneous rock quarried on the outskirts of Invercargill. The Stone has distinctive shades of blue, Grey and Browns. Dunite is often under utilized in the construction industry and is most commonly used as a road building material in the form of gravel. Southland Dunite is a reletively inexpensive material great for building garden features, boundary walls, entrance ways, retaining walls and more.