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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.

Mostly complete pounamu pendant, broken at the suspension hole. Possibly reworked from a chisel. Dark brown and green waikokopu variety. Surface is ground. Square cross section. Tapered at each end. Bevel demarcated by a line on the proximal end, just below the suspension hole. Distal end is rounded, with an indented bevel, demarcated by a change in surface. Remnants of red paint or wax on one side.

Complete pounamu chisel. The cross section is asymmetric. The surface is ground with flaking on the back. There are light sawing marks on the proper left. The bevel is demarcated by a diagonal straight line. The point is straight and blunt.

Complete Very roughly rectangular. Narrows significantly in the sides towards the poll. The surface is ground with slight flakes. No differentiation between the blade and the butt. The bevel is curved and continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is curved and sharp.

Complete nephrite/pounamu pendant, reworked from a chisel. Dark green and black kawakawa variety. Surface is ground. Proximal end has been reduced and rounded, with a suspension hole drilled from both sides at the narrowest part. Distal end is tapered with a rounded bevel on one side.

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

Incomplete greenstone gouge, butt missing. The cross-section is oval. The surface is ground with flake scars at the broken end. The bevel is concave and demarcated by a curved triangular line. The cutting edge is sharp with a little chip.

Mostly complete pounamu pendant, small piece broken off suspension hole at the proximal end. Mottled green with black and silver veins. Surface is ground and polished. Lenticular cross section. Internal and external barb, coming to a rounded point at the distal end.

Fragment of worked greenstone, probably a piece of a chisel. The cross-section is quadrangular. The surface is ground on one side and flaked on the other. It is unclear which end of a tool this might be.

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.

Complete adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is mostly ground. PR side has a line of natural roughness which is visible from the front. Poll also has a patch of roughness. No differentiation between butt and blade. Bevel is continuous with blade, blade is sharp and curved.

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.

Pounamu/nephrite pendant, broken at each end. Dark grey and mid green kawakawa variety. Surface is ground smooth. Curved to a point at the distal end. Proximal end is squared off. Feather fracture crack runs from just below proximal head along ridge down 2/3 of length.

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.

broken (Blade, butt and a section of the bevel is present) roughly rectangular, narrowing slightly in the sides towards the butt. The surface is ground, potentially with some bruising. Saw mark on the proper left side. No differentiation between the butt and the blade. The bevel is curved and continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is missing. The front proper left has been worked down creating a surface also resembling a bevel.

Complete adze. Dark green and black pounamu. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground, with sawing marks on proper left side. No differentiation between butt and blade. Poll has broken off. Blade is curved on the proper right side, with a line running the length of the adze on the front. Bevel is demarcated by a line. Cutting edge is straight and sharp. "Kaiapoi" inscription.