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Broken chisel. Pounamu. Dark green, light green. Cross-section is asymmetrical. Surface is mostly ground, though some sides are bruised. One side has sawing marks down it. Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Bevel and cutting edge not present. Tarewai Point written on side.

Complete pounamu adze. Rectangular cross-section. Surface is ground. Differentiation between the butt and blade; sides are tapered towards the poll. Bevel is demarcated by a curved line. Cutting edge is curved and sharp but flaked. "Akatore Coast" inscription.

Incomplete adze. Blade remaining. The cross section of the blade is trapezoidal with back narrower than front. The surface is ground, with bruising and chipping on the front and down the sides. Butt not present. Undifferentiated bevel but sides start to taper before break. Sawing mark down proper left side.

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.

Incomplete adze. Blade remaining. Rectangular Surface is heavily flaked and bruised. Butt not present. Bevel has been chipped away. Cutting edge is blunt, slightly rounded and chipped.

Incomplete adze. Blade remaining. Asymmetrical Surface is bruised. Butt not present. Bevel is demarcated by an angled straight line. Cutting edge is straight, sharp and smooth.

Broken stone gouge. The cross section is circular. The surface is ground, with flaking on the poll and cutting edge. The bevel is not demarcated. The cutting edge is chipped.

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.

Broken pounamu gouge, only lower blade remaining. The cross section is circular. The surface is ground with flaking on the bevel and front. The bevel is demarked by two diagonal lines. The cutting edge is broken off.

Broken pounamu chisel, only lower blade remaining. The cross section is rectangular. The surface is ground with bruising on the broken edge. The bevel is demarked by a straight line. The two sides both have sawing marks. The proper left has a sawing mark on the back. The proper right has sawing marks on the top and bottom. The cutting edge is straight and sharp.

Broken pounamu chisel, only middle of blade remaining. The cross section is circular. The surface is ground with bruising on the broken edge. Flaking and bruising instead of cutting edge. There is no bevel demarked.

broken chisel, cutting edge and a part of the blade present. roughly triangular The surface is ground. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is sharp and oblique.

Complete adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Mostly ground surface, with areas of natural stone roughness. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, with sides slightly reduced. Bevel demarcated by a line.

Complete pounamu drill point. The cross section is circular. The surface is ground with flaking at the poll. There are sawing marks on opposite sides. The point is sharp.

Complete pounamu pendant. Dark green and black kawakawa variety, chatoyant. Square cross section. Surface is ground. Tapered at each end. Small suspension hole at the proximal end, drilled from both sides. Distal end is flattened.

Complete pounamu gouge. The cross section is circular. The surface is ground with bruising on the proper right back. The bevel is demarked by two diagonal lines. The cutting edge is flaked off.

Broken pounamu gouge. The cross section is circular. The surface is ground, with flaking on the back and at the poll. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is chipped and sharp.