After many months of behind-the-scenes conservation and cataloguing, the shells from Fred and Myrtle Flutey’s paua shell lounge are returning to the walls in their new home at Canterbury Museum.

How much would you shell out for your loved one? For one man in New Zealand, the answer was ‘a lot’. But not money. Actual shells. Fred Flutey collected beautiful iridescent paua shells from his local ...

I watch Mike Radon in action. He holds the shell in one hand, and a gentle push with a blunt tool is enough for the mollusc to be pried from the shell. It is fascinating to watch the gastropod called ...