About Us
Kapiti Tufa is a family owned business based on the Kapiti Coast. Stephen Archer, a sign writer by trade, was inspired by a television garden show in the mid 90’s demonstrating how to make hyper tufa planters from a very basic recipe. A couple of years past before it was decided that our own home needed some large planters. After experimenting and making our own pots, interest and orders flooded in from family and friends.
Now our tufa products can be found throughout New Zealand, from the deep south to the far north. All of our moulds and products are individually crafted and finished by hand, making each piece unique. Our texture is created by grinding deep into the surface giving a cut look that exposes the aggregate and then sanding to a smooth finish. This technique gives us the quality and consistency that sets our tufa aside and has become our trade mark.
It has been well over a decade now and during that time we have perfected our recipe to, what we and many others believe is, the best quality tufa stoneware in NZ.