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From the worldto New Zealand
Universal Granite has been importing stone into New Zealand since 1998. The business is built on selection — deciding which bundle to buy, standing in the quarry yard.
- Founded
- 1998
- Slabs in stock
- 1,600+
- Source countries
- 11
- Showrooms
- 3
A slab is a decision that cannot be undone
Stone is not manufactured. Two slabs from the same block differ, and once a bundle is cut it can never be reproduced. That single fact shapes everything about how this business works.
It means we buy in bundles rather than pallets, so consecutive slabs stay together and can be book-matched. It means we hold stock in New Zealand rather than indenting, so a specification can be seen before it is committed. And it means the answer to "can you get more of this?" is honest.
Twenty-seven years of doing that has produced a library rather than a catalogue — natural stone, porcelain and engineered surfaces held across three sites, with the team who selected it still on the phone.
East Tamaki, Auckland — 900+ slabs standing upright
How we work
We select at the quarry
Bundles are chosen in person in Italy, Brazil, Spain and Turkey — not from a container manifest. What arrives is what was picked.
We hold depth, not variety
Fewer ranges, more slabs of each. A colour specified today should still be available when the job is finally built.
We keep slab-level records
Every slab carries its bundle, dimensions, thickness and finish, so the slab sold is the slab loaded.
We say what stone will do
Marble etches. Travertine weathers. We would rather lose a sale than have a client discover that in year two.
Come and stand in front of it
Nothing about stone selection works from a screen. Bring your drawings, your joinery samples and an hour.