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Complete adze. Pounamu. Mid green. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is mostly bruised, ground on bevel. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll, though proper right side tapers more than proper left. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and curved, lightly chipped on proper right side.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Light green. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Front of butt slopes down towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and curved. Tarewai Point written on front.

Broken chisel (cutting edge broken). Pounamu. Mid green and mid brown. Cross-section is oval. Surface is ground, sawing mark down back of chisel. Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Cutting edge and bevel broken. Tarewai Point written on back.

Complete pounamu gouge. The cross section is circular. The surface is ground with flaking at the poll. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is curved and sharp.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Light green. Cross-section is asymmetrical. Surface is mostly ground, some flaking down proper right side. Sawing mark down proper left side. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, proper right side reduced, proper left side tapers towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and curved. Tarewai Point written on front and back.

Complete adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground, with some light bruising around sides. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, proper left side does not reduce, but proper right side tapers heavily towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved, lightly chipped. "Sumner" written on front.

Complete adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground, bruised at poll. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides widen towards poll and taper towards cutting edge. Bevel is demarcated by a faint line, is slightly concave. Cutting edge is sharp and curved, chipped. "Sumner." [partially obscured] written on front.

Broken adze, blade remaining Cross-section is lenticular Surface is ground with some flaking on the back and sides Sides are tapered towards the butt, but the butt is not present Bevel is demarcated by a line. Cutting edge is curved and sharp with piece flaked off of proper left side

Complete adze. Cross section is rectangular Ground on the back with some bruising in the centre of the bevel. Ground on the back with chipping on the sides and on the left side proper of the blade. The butt has minor differentiation, the shoulders taper in a little. The bevel is continuous with the blade and curves toward the cutting edge. The cutting edge is curved, smooth and sharp.

Complete pounamu adze. The cross section is rectangular. The surface is ground, with flaking on the proper right back corner and poll. The bevel is demarcated by a straight line. The cutting edge is straight and sharp.

Complete pounamu gouge. The cross section is circular. The surface is ground, with flaking at the poll and bruising on the poll’s proper right. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is curved, blunt and chipped.

Complete pounamu drill point or needle. The cross section is circular at the point and rectangular at the poll. The surface is ground. The poll is tapered to a blunt edge. The cutting edge is pointed and blunt.

Complete adze (Blade remaining). Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is mostly ground. Small patches of bruising present on sides. Small flake on top end of back. Butt not present. Bevel is continuous with blade, blade is sharp and curved.

Complete nephrite/pounamu cutting tool or pendant. Oxidised rear surface, dark green and light grey inanga variety. Surface is ground smooth with some pitting. Flattened quadrangular in cross section and asymmetrical trapezoid in profile. Cutting edge is sharp and oblique. Deep sawing marks across both sides of the proximal end, creating an elongated perforation in the centre; unclear whether perforation is an intentional suspension hole or just a crack formed by sawing marks intended for tool lashing.

Complete pounamu adze. Light green and dark grey. Surface is ground smooth with some bruising on the butt. Tapered to the butt. Sawing mark along the proper right side. Bevel is demarcated by a line. Cutting edge is curved and sharp.

Complete pounamu chisel. The cross section is rectangular. The surface is ground and bladed on both ends. The proper right side is flaked. Both sides of both ends are bevelled. The tapered cutting edge is flaked off, the non-tapered end is straight and blunt with heavy chipping.

Broken adze (butt remaining). Cross-section is rectangular. Back is almost completely ground, with the top proper right corner flaked. Front has a large ground patch in the centre, the rest is flaked. Sides are flaked. No differentiation between butt and blade. Blade not present.

Broken pounamu gouge. The cross section is hexagonal. The surface is ground with natural flaking at the poll and flaking at the cutting edge. Two of the sides on the proper right have sawing marks. The bevel is demarked by a curved line. The cutting edge is broken.

Broken pounamu gouge. The cross section is rectangular. The surface is ground with flaking at the poll and on the proper left front of the blade. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is curved and broken.

Broken pounamu gouge, only lower blade remaining. The cross section is circular. The surface is ground with flaking on the bevel. The bevel is demarked with a curved line. The cutting edge is curved and chipped.