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Worked pounamu/nephrite, mid-green kawakawa variety with some translucency. Possibly a pendant. No evidence of a suspension hole. Broken at proximal end, chipped & cracked around edges & back. Carved into the shape of a human leg with well-formed knee and foot. Rounded "toe" at the distal end.

Complete adze. Rectangular/asymmetrical. Surface is bruised and flaked. Butt has minor differentiation; sides are tapered. Bevel demarcated by a faint straight ridge. Cutting edge straight, uneven and chipped.

Complete adze. The cross section is rectangular. The surface is predominantly ground with some flaking and bruising at the butt. The butt is undifferentiated. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is heavily chipped, with a large fragment missing from the centre front. The edge is blunt.

Complete Adze Asymmetrical cross-section. The surface is ground with some bruising on front and back. There is no differentiation between the butt and the blade. The sides taper slightly towards the poll. The bevel is continuous. The cutting edge is sharp, curved and chipped.

Complete chisel. Pounamu. Light green, cream. Cross-section is asymmetrical. Surface is mostly ground, flaking on sides. Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Both ends of chisel have a bevel and cutting edge. Both cutting edges are sharp and straight. Tarewai Point is written on back.

Complete pounamu chisel. The cross section is rectangular. The surface is bruised with flaking down both the front and back. There is minor demarcation of the blade, with the sides reduced towards the poll. Both sides have sawing marks. Both front and back are bevelled and the bevels are continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is straight and blunt.

Complete pounamu chisel. The cross section is an oval. The surface is ground, with flaking on the front, on the bevel and poll. The demarcation of the bevel is flaked off. The cutting edge is straight and blunt.

Incomplete adze. Lenticular Surface is bruised and flaked. Butt undifferentiated and heavily flaked away. Bevel and cutting edge not present - have been chipped off.

Incomplete adze Quadrangular Surface is bruised and flaked. Butt present and appears tapered, differentiation unknown as break occurs before shoulder. Bevel and cutting edge not present.

Complete adze Cross-section is oval Surface is heavily flaked Differentiation between butt and blade, sides tapered toward the poll Bevel is continuous with the blade. Cutting edge is sharp and asymmetrically curved.

Worked stone tool. Grey stone - schistose. Diamond shaped in cross-section. Tapers to a point at distal end. It is bifacial, bilaterally worked and bilaterally reduced 88mm from proximal end.

Large broken pounamu cutting tool, most of blade remaining. Surface is ground. Two pieces of the haft have broken off; one piece has been glued back on. There is a perforation, drilled from both sides, on one end of the haft. The cutting edge is curved and blunt, with a bevel on each side.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Dark grey. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface of front and back mostly ground, front lower blade has shallow scratches on surface. Proper left side has sawing mark. Proper right side rough stone. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, poll angled from proper right down to proper left. Bevel is continuous with blade. Cutting edge is sharp and curved, large chip on proper left side. Otago written on back.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Mid green, light green. Cross-section is roughly oval. Surface is mostly ground, with some bruising down proper right of front and proper left of back. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards butt. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and curved. Glenorchy written on back.

Complete unfinished adze. Quadrangular cross-section. The surface is ground with flaking and bruising. There is a reduction in the stone on the sides of the butt, and they taper in towards the poll. The bevel is smooth and continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is sharp with flake scarring on the proper left.

Complete unfinished adze. Thin quadrangular cross-section. The surface is flaked and bruised. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The sides of the blade taper in from the cutting edge to the poll. The blade has been broken in tow and repaired - there is a crack on both sides and visible adhesive in the mend on the front. The bevel is indicated by a curved oblique ground section. The cutting edge is curved and irregular. There is a small piece of paper that reads "18" or "81" adhered to the front of the blade.

Complete adze. Asymmetrical Surface is ground, with heavy bruising and flaking. Butt undifferentiated Bevel demarcated with line. Cutting edge roughly sharp and straight.

Complete pounamu pendant. Mid-green, light blue, and silver inanga variety. Surface is ground. Tear-drop shape with a lenticular cross section. Proximal end is tapered, reduced on one side, with a squared off edge, and a suspension hole drilled from each side.

Complete pounamu pendant. Dark green kawakawa variety, high translucency. Surface is ground on one side and ground and bruised on the other side. One side edge is curve and the other side edge has two wavy indentations. Proximal end is somewhat squared off, with a suspension hole drilled from both sides. Distal end comes to a point.

Complete pounamu chisel. Mid-green with silver inclusions. Surface is ground. Rectangular shape and cross section. Tapers toward the poll or the proximal end. Distal end is straight and blunt, with an oblique bevel demarcated by a line on each side.