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Complete adze. Cross section is rectangular. The surface is mostly ground with some bruising. The butt is undifferentiated. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is curved and sharp.

Mostly complete slate knife, part of haft is missing or sawn off. Cutting edge is sharp. Surface is ground and shows usewear. Very slight bevel is present at cutting edge and flaking is present at one lateral margin.

Complete slate pendant in cutter shape. The proximal end has notches along the top and sides, with a groove around the upper end. There is a perforation through the centre of the groove. The sides taper out below the groove to the distal cutting edge. The bottom edge is chipped.

broken (blade bevel and about half the cutting edge are present) rectangular, narrowing slightly from the sides from blade towards the poll The surface is ground. Butt not present. The bevel is curved and continuous with the blade. The cutting edge appears curved and sharp (but a bit over half is missing).

Complete adze. Mid green stone. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground and bruised. No differentiation between butt and blade, with sides tapered toward the poll. Bevel is demarcated by a line. Cutting edge is curved and sharp but partially flaked. "Tokanui." inscription on the front and "Tokanui Sthld." inscription on the back.

Complete adze. Stone. Light grey, mid grey. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground. Major differentiation between butt and blade, proper left of butt reduced obliquely towards poll, proper right side taper slightly towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and curved. "Purakanui" written on bevel and front.

Complete stone chisel. The cross section is asymmetric with the proper left flattened. The surface is bruised, with grinding on the proper left, bevel and cutting edge. There is major demarcation between the butt and blade, with the back reduced to form a distinct shoulder. No bevel is obvious. The cutting edge is straight and sharp, with all of the proper right side of the edge chipped off.

Unfinished adze. Grey stone. Quadrangular cross-section. The surface is flaked and ground. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is straight and chipped.

Complete stone chisel. The cross section is an oval. The surface is bruised with flaking on the proper left front. There is minor delineation between the blade and butt with the back reduced. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is curved and blunt.

Complete unfinished chisel. Green/grey stone. Triangular cross-section. The surface is flaked with a ground bevel. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The sides of the blade taper in from the poll towards the cutting edge. The bevel is smooth and continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is curved. "1115 Greenhills S." is writtten on the bevel.

Complete stone scraper. The cross section is rectangular. The surface is ground on the blade and bevel. There is flaking on the proper left near the poll. The back is flaking on the back, all the way to the bevel. The bevel is demarcated by the flaking on the back. The cutting edge is straight and sharp.

Complete stone scraper. The cross section is an asymmetric rectangle. The surface is bruised with some flaking on the butt and back. The butt has minor delineation with tapering towards the poll. The cutting edge is straight and blunt.

Complete stone scraper. The cross section is plano-convex with back flattened. The surface is ground at the blade and bevel, with bruising at the poll. The butt has no demarcation. The bevel is demarcated by a straight line. The cutting edge is curved and sharp, with a chip in the centre.

Dark grey flake.

Complete basalt drill point. Dark grey i in colour. Proximal end is flat. Distal end has a chipped tip. Surface is ground and flaked.

Complete silcrete blade. White in colour. Unifacial retouch on the right surface of the dorsal margin.

complete oval butt, rectangular blade. The surface is mostly flaked with significant ground surfaces. Major differentiation between the butt and the blade, with a significant reduction from the blade to the butt on the two sides forming a clear shoulder. The bevel is curved and continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is slightly curved and sharp but heavily chipped.

Complete Rectangular with oval butt. The surface is mostly ground with bruising around the butt and sides with a few irregular flake scars. Minor differentiation between the butt and the blade. Butt is reduced from the blade on the front. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The bevel is curved, blade is straight and sharp with some chips.

Complete adze. Cross-section is rectangular, with rounded back. Surface is ground on front and sides, flaked on back. Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Sides taper towards poll. Front slightly raised. Bevel is demarcated by a line. Cutting edge is sharp and straight.

Complete adze. Stone. Dark grey. Cross-section is oval. Surface is ground. Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Area of proper left side of front butt heavily reduced, just on front. Bevel is continuous with blade. Cutting edge is sharp and curved, chipped on proper right side. Otago written on front.