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Complete sinker with shallow transverse lashing groove.

Complete adze. Grey stone. Surface is ground and bruised. Cross-section is oval on the butt and rectangular on the blade. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, with sides slightly reduced to form shoulders. Bevel is continuous with the blade. Cutting edge is curved and sharp. "McClennan River Taukupu Bay" inscription on front.

Complete adze. Black stone. Surface is ground. Cross-section is rectangular. No differentiation between butt and blade. Bevel is demarcated by a straight line. Cutting edge is straight and sharp but chipped. "McClennan River Taukupu Bay" inscription.

Complete adze. Rectangular at poll, blade is trapezoidal with back narrower than front. Ground with flaking around butt and sides and cutting edge. Some bruising present on butt. Butt has major differentiation - sides and front have been reduced and shoulders raised. Bevel is demarcated by a straight line across the blade. Cutting edge is slightly rounded, blunt and heavily chipped.

Incomplete Trapezoidal blade. Front of blade is ground. Back of blade is ground with flake scarring at left side and upper right corner. No differentiation between blade and butt. Bevel is continuous on blade. Cutting edge is sharp and curved.

Complete adze. Green stone. Trapezoidal cross-section with the front narrower than the back. The surface is ground, with bruising on each side of the butt and flake scars at the cutting edge. There is major distinction between the butt and the blade, with rounded shoulders and a ridge on the front and a reduction of the sides of the butt. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is curved and sharp but has flake scars.

Complete adze. Stone. Dark grey. Cross-section of blade is rectangular. Cross-section of butt is triangular, with apex to front. Surface is ground, with some flaking at shoulder and poll. Major differentiation between butt and blade, front reduced forming a shoulder, butt continues to slope down towards poll, sides tapering. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved, concave. Laura Station Hokonui written on front.

Broken adze (blade remaining). Stone. Green. Cross-section is semi-circular, front flattened. Surface is mostly bruised, ground on front, with some flake scars on back and sides. Butt not present. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is blunt and curved. Laura Station Hokonui written on front.

Complete adze. Grey stone. Quadrangular cross-section. The surface is ground on the front of the blade and the bevel, bruised on the back of the blade, and flaked on the front and sides. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The bevel is demarcated by an asymmetrical ridge. The cutting edge is sharp and oblique.