Papa Mike
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Well, you think about a pair of earrings that you might buy.
And you're looking at $300 or $400 probably.
So that's what it could go in the market outside.
Yes, that's the market value.
And they would sell it at a higher price, right?
But then they come back and they also, you know, like there's stories about them flooding the tourism market here.
So if you're a tourist arriving in Aotearoa, you think you're buying, you know, genuine hand-carved Maori taonga, you know, made of panamu, and you're not.
You're buying something that is, yeah, New Zealand panamu, but it's been made in China, you know, or it's been β It's a dupe.
It's like a fake tiki or a fake, you know, Ponamu pendant.