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Broken adze (lower blade remaining). Pounamu. Light green, mid blue. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground on bevel and front, bruised on other surfaces. Butt not present. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and slightly curved, chipped. "Murdering Beach" written on front.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Mid green, mid grey. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is mostly bruised, with some ground areas around sides and lower front. Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and curved, heavily chipped.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Light green, light brown. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is mostly ground, with some bruising on front and flaking on proper left side and poll. Spots of clear glaze on back. Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and curved, chipped. "Murdering Beach" written on front.

Complete pounamu chisel. The cross section is a rectangle at the cutting edge and asymmetric at the poll. The surface is ground with flaking on the proper left front and proper right back. The bevel is demarcated by a straight line. The cutting edge is straight and sharp with some chipping.

Complete kawakawai pounamu pendant. The colour is apple green with black inclusions. The shape is a pointed blade with asymmetric serrated sides. The serrations are blunt. The suspension hole has been drilled from both sides. The point is rounded and blunt.

Complete adze. Cross-section is rectangular, and slightly concave with distal and proximal ends raising up. There is no differentiation between butt and blade. There is a chip at the poll end, where there is a partial perforation. There is a complete perforation on the opposite side of the poll. The cutting edge is sharp and curved.

Broken pounamu drill point, missing half the poll. The cross section is trapezoidal, with the front narrower than the back. The surface is ground, with flaking on the break. There is a horizontal wearing across the front of the blade. The point of the drill is sharp.

Complete mere pounamu. There are five grooves on each side of the knob on the handle (proximal) ends. There are fainter grooves on either side across the perforation, which is offset since the two drill holes were not in line from either side. The distal end is rounded and sharp.

Complete toki poutangata, hafted adze. The haft is finely carved wood in a variety of styles. The distal end of the handle has a two-sided anthropomorphic head, with paua shell inlaid eyes. There is a perforation through the handle between the knob and handle. The handle itself has basically longitudinal carving lines along the length of the handle, with three equally spaced latitudinal lines, and one curved area of carving near the distal end. There is a circular paua shell inlay on one side below the human figure on the heel of the haft. This anthropomorphic figure has legs apart, penis, four toes per feet, bent knees with spiral design on buttocks and shoulders, protruding tongue, paua inlay eyes, face mostly uncarved. The adze itself protrudes through to base of neck, set in triangular shaped slot, with fibre wrapped around the shoulder of the blade and end of the haft. There is another carved human face on the haft underneath the adze, opposite figure previously mentioned, with on

Complete adze. Pounamu. Dark green, light green, silver. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground, with some areas of bruising down proper left side, and poll. Sawing mark down proper right side. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved. "L. Papanui" written on back.

Incomplete Not present. Difficult to determine back from front. Fragment is ground both sides. No differentiation between blade and butt. Small fragment only present. No bevel, nor cutting edge.

Incomplete Not present. Difficult to determine which side is front or back. Fragment appears very ground though. No differentiation between butt and blade. Only small fragment present - May have broken of larger piece. No bevel present, nor cutting edge.

Complete Trapezoidal with front narrower than back. Front of blade is ground with prominent ridge and tapered inwards sides. Back of blade is also ground. No differentiation between blade and butt. Bevel is continuous on blade. Cutting edge is straight and slightly sharp.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Dark green, mid green, light green, silver. Cross-section is asymmetrical, due to unbroken section of pounamu worked through with sawing marks hanging off proper left side. Surface is mostly ground, with bruising on proper right front. Sawing marks down front and back towards proper left. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is blunt and curved, chipped. "Little Papanui" written on front.

Complete adze. Rectangular Ground with bruising around butt. Butt has minor differentiation, sides taper toward poll. Proper left side has been more reduced with raised shoulder. Bevel is demarcated by a strong horizontal line crossing blade. Cutting edge is blunt, angled, slightly rounded and smooth,

Complete pounamu gouge/chisel with two working edges. One end has a straight chisel-like edge and the other end is curved and blunt, with a bevel demarcated by a ridge and indentation. Light green in colour. Surface is ground. Cross section is round/oval.

Complete adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is mostly ground, except for a small patch of bruising on the proper right back side. No differentiation between butt and blade. Bevel is continuous with blade. Blade is sharp and straight.

Complete adze. Mid-green pounamu. Surface is ground and bruised. Cross-section is trapezoidal, with the back narrower than the front. Major differentiation between butt and blade, with sides and front of butt reduced to form shoulders. Bevel is demarcated by a curved line. Cutting edge is slightly curved and sharp. "Tokata" inscription on front and back.

Broken adze, butt and most of blade remaining. Light green and grey pounamu. Cross-section is trapezoidal, with the back narrower than the front. Surface is bruised with grounding on the front of the blade. Major differentiation between the butt and blade; sides and front of the butt are reduced to form a ridge. Bevel and cutting edge have been broken off. "Tokata" inscription.

Complete adze. Cross-section is asymmetrical Surface is ground. No differentiation between butt and blade. Bevel is continuous with blade. Blade is sharp and straight.