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Complete adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is mostly ground, PL side of back has a long line of natural roughness which extends down the length of the adze. Also rough on the poll. No differentiation between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by a line, blade is sharp and straight, chipped.

Complete Asymmetrical cross-section. The surface is ground. There is no differentiation between the but and the blade. The bevel is continuous. The sides are broken and rough. The cutting edge is sharp and curved.

Incomplete adze. Rectangular. Surface is bruised and flaked. Butt not present. Bevel is demarcated by a straight angled line. Cutting edge is straight, smooth and sharp. Proper right corner is missing.

Complete pounamu pendant. Light green inanga variety. Surface is ground with a groove/sawing mark on one side. Proximal end is squared off with a suspension hole drilled from both sides. Distal end is tapered to a sharp point.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Mid green and light green. Cross-section is asymmetrical. Surface is ground down front and back, bruised on sides. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade. Cutting edge is sharp and curved, but heavily chipped. "Warrington" written on front and back.

Complete adze Rectangular. Surface is ground on the front and flaked on the back. Butt has minor differentiation; sides have been slightly reduced. Bevel is demarcated by a straight line. Cutting edge is straight and sharp. Both sides are bevelled.

Complete Trapezoidal with back narrower than front. Front of blade has bruising. Back of blade is mostly ground with a deep flake scar to the left side. No differentiation between blade and butt. Bevel is demarcated with ridge. Cutting edge is straight and sharp.

Complete adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground except for the poll, which is naturally rough. No differentiation between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, blade is sharp and curved.

Broken, Missing most of the proper left side. The proper right remains damaged, but with some of all elements present. too damaged to comment. The surface is ground, with significant chips. No differentiation between the butt and the blade. Only a tiny slither of bevel remains, however it appears to be curved and continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is sharp and straight.

Complete adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface has rough patches spread across the surface of the adze. On the back, close to the chin of the blade, there are tow flakes. There is a large rough patch near the poll on the front side. No differentiation between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by a line, blade is sharp and straight, chipped.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Mid green, light green. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground with some bruising on front and back. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved. Kakanui written on front.

broken (Blade, butt and a section of the bevel is present) Very roughly rectangular. The surface is ground with flakes/chips. No differentiation between the butt and the blade. The bevel is flat and is distinguishable from the blade by a noticeable ridge. The cutting edge is missing. The adze is very heavily damaged.

Complete unfinished adze. Light greenstone. Quadrangular cross-section. The surface is mostly ground with flaking on the proper right side and a saw mark and flaking on the proper left. There is no distinction between the butt and the bevel. The sides of the blade taper in towards the poll. The bevel is smooth and demarcated by a straight oblique ridge. The cutting edge is irregular and chipped.

Nephrite/pounamu pendant. Light green inanga variety. Surface is ground smooth. Large curved reduction on one side. Tapering at the proximal end, with a suspension hole drilled from both sides. Distal end is oblique with a bevel on one side.

Broken adze, blade remaining Cross-section is trapezoidal, with back narrower than front. Surface is ground on front and back, with major bruising along sides and toward butt Most of butt has been flaked and chipped away on the sides with only a pointed centre piece remaining Bevel is demarcated by a line. Cutting edge is blunt and chipped

Complete adze. Stone. Mid green, mid brown. Cross-section is oval. Surface is mostly ground, with some deep pitted bruised areas. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is heavily chipped but sharp. "Kaikai's Beach" written on front and back.

Complete adze. Rectangular. The surface is ground with heavy bruising and chipping down the proper right on the front and back, and some on the proper left of the front. Minor differentiation between the butt and the blade - there is a shoulder formed on the proper left side. The bevel is demarcated with an angled line and curves down to the blade. The blade is slightly curved, smooth and sharp.

Broken, blade, butt and part of the bevel is present. Very roughly rectangular, but fairly irregular. Narrows in the sides towards the poll. The surface is ground with chips. Saw mark on the proper left side. No differentiation between the butt and the blade. The bevel appears curved (only some of the bevel is present) and continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is missing.

Complete pounamu adze. The cross section is rectangular. The surface is ground on the blade and front. The back has flaking down the proper left. The proper left side is also flaked on the front towards the cutting edge. The proper right side has sawing marks. The bevel is demarcated by a straight line. The cutting edge is straight and sharp, with chipping.

Unfinished greenstone gouge. The cross-section is quadrangular. The surface is ground with some flake scars. It is unclear which end is the butt. One end has a thin concave groove and a pointed tip like a gouge. The other end has a bevel-like area demarcated by a curved irregular line. There are saw marks on one side.