When you see the New Zealand Light Leathers team working with the deer skins, you appreciate both their skill and their genuine level of care. These are artisans working on a product of beauty.

The care starts before the skins arrive at the company’s doors. The hands and the eyes are at work from the time the skins are purchased at source.

Each skin then passes through the 30-plus steps towards its finished state, individually scrutinised so that only the highest quality skins make it to the client.

New Zealand Light Leathers is constantly experimenting with its processes, identifying new looks and finishes. The team recognises that “different is good” and is not afraid to see what changes can generate.

While each skin has a unique natural character – just like our own fingerprints – and it is important to retain that uniqueness, it is also important to supply the client with a line of skins which is consistent in workability and behaviour.

Because the skins are sourced and processed from farmed deer, the company can supply clients with significant volumes of consistent quality.

New Zealand Light Leathers prides itself on delivering samples and orders “as though it were only 15km down the road from the client” – using airline partners to ensure tight timeframes are consistently met.