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

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.

Incomplete adze. Trapezoidal, with back narrower than front. Surface is ground, with heavy chipping around edges and break. Butt not present. Bevel missing left side proper, cutting edge not present.

Complete patu onewa. Notched knobs and shallow groove on top of butt. Drilled perforation. Ridge running along the centre of the length of the blade on both sides. Faint spirals on both sides of the blade. Two grooves on blunt blade edge.

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.

Complete schist file, fragment missing around the proximal end. Sides taper towards point, which is slightly bruised and up alont one side.

Complete schist file (kani). Sides taper towards point, which is bruised along the flatter lateral margin. The other lateral margins curved.

Broken schist file (kani), distal end remaining. Sides taper towards tip.

Broken schist file or polisher (kani), proximal end remaining. There are scrape marks on both flat surfaces, but they are more prominent on one.

Broken schist file. There is a visible repair where previously broken. Distal end of file appears to be broken. One surface of the file is smoothed and flat, the opposite surface rougher and convex.

Broken schist file (kani) or polisher. Cross-section is semi-circular.

Broken schist knife, no discernable cutting edge. Surface is flaked on both sides.

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. 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.

Broken schist knife, distal portion remaining. Surface is grounded on both sides, with some bruising on both surfaces. Cutting edge is sharp and slightly curved.

Broken schist knife. No discernable cutting edge. Surface is flaked on both sides. Drill perforation at proximal end.

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

Complete adze. Green stone. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground and bruised. Front and sides of the butt are reduced to form a ridge. Bevel is demarcated by a curved line. Cutting edge has been broken off. "Logan Point" inscription.

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.