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Complete patu onewa. Butt is squared off. Two horizontal grooves and vertical notches on the proximal edge. Two semicircles are incised on one side below the proximal edge. Notches down on each of the four corners of the proximal end. Butt flares out slightly below these notches, with a perforation drilled from both sides. Five notches on each side edge where the handle meets the blade.

Broken adze (butt and upper blade remaining) Cross-section of blade is rectangular. Cross-section of butt is oval. Surface is ground on front and back and sides. Rough edges where broken. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, front reduced. Bevel and cutting edge broken off.

Complete drill point. Pounamu. Green. Cross-section is oval. Surface is ground. Widens towards butt. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved.

Unfinished adze. Greenstone. Quadrangular cross-section. The surface is mostly ground with flaking and bruising on the proper left and a saw mark on the proper right. The proper left side of the blade tapers in towards the poll. The bevel is demarcated by an oblique line. The cutting edge is sharp and oblique. Greenhills written on back.

Incomplete adze. Blade remaining. Trapezoidal with front narrower than back. Surface is bruised and flaked. Butt not present. Bevel has been flaked away. Cutting edge is blunt, rough and heavily chipped.

Complete pounamu chisel. The cross section is trapezoidal with front narrower than back. The surface is ground, with bruising on the proper left. There are sawing marks on the proper right. There is minor delineation between the blade and butt, with tapering towards the poll. The bevel is demarcated by a concave wearing and curved line. The cutting edge is curved and blunt, with chipping.

Complete adze. Stone. Dark grey and mid grey. Cross-section is oval. Surface mostly ground, some light bruising on butt. Major differentiation between butt and blade, small ridge at shoulder. Front reduced, and sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved, lightly chipped. Wyndham written on front (writing is slightly worn).

Complete adze. Stone. Grey. Cross-section is roughly trapezoidal, with back narrower than front, and front rounded. Surface is bruised. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, front reduced. Bevel is continuous with blade, slightly concave, cutting edge is sharp and curved, heavily chipped. Waireka Southland written on front.

Complete adze. Cross-section is oval. Surface of butt is bruised, surface of blade is ground. No differentiation between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, blade is sharp and curved, flaked on proper left side.

Broken adze (blade remaining) Cross-section is trapezoidal, with back narrower than front. Surface is ground. Butt is not present. Bevel continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved, chipped.

Complete adze. The cross-section is rectangular. The surface of the front is ground with some flaking and the surface of the back is bruised with flaking, although the bevel is ground. There is no differentiation between the blade and the butt. The bevel is continuous with blade. The cutting edge is sharp and curved with minor flaking.

Complete rough out. The cross-section is triangular with the apex to the front. The surface is flaked. There is no differentiation between the butt and the blade. The bevel is demarcated by an indent at the chin. The cutting edge is curved and blunt.

Broken adze with the blade remaining. Rectangular. The surface is mostly bruised but the front is ground with some flaking. The back has some ground areas. The butt is not present. The bevel is demarcated but a slight line at the chin. The cutting edge is moderately sharp and slightly curved; the proper right side is more predominantly curved upwards.

Complete mere pounamu. Dark green and silver takiwai variety with high translucency and chatoyant bands. Spatulate in shape. Distal edge of blade is straight and sharp with rounded side edges. Bilateral reduction where the blade meets the handle, flaring out again at the proximal end. Four ornamental grooves on both sides of butt with perforation in the centre, which interrupts the grooves. Perforation hole is straight sided and threaded with a leather thong.

Broken Porcellanite blade, proximal portion remaining. Mid Brown and Dark brown in colour.

Set of four pendants strung together via suspension holes with a piece of black ribbon. One is a pounamu pendant, mid-green in colour, high translucency, square in cross-section, and squared off at each end. The other three are mako shark teeth pendants. One has purple sealing wax at the root, and the other two have red sealing wax.

Complete adze. Cross-section is triangular (apex towards front), butt slightly more rounded until poll. Surface is mostly bruised. Underside of blade is ground. Minor differetiation between butt and blade, front reduced to form shoulder. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and curved.

Complete adze. Black stone. Quadrangular cross-section. The surface is ground with flake scars on the edges and the poll. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The bevel is short and demarcated by a straight ridge across the blade. The cutting edge is straight, sharp and chipped on the proper right.

Complete adze. Black stone. Rounded quadrangular cross-section. The surface is mostly bruised with ground areas on the bevel end of the blade. There is a protruding shoulder on the front of the blade and a reduction in the stone to form the front of the butt. There is no distinction between the bevel and the blade. The bevel is slightly concave. The cutting edge is chipped.

Broken patu onewa, handle remaining. There is a wide knob at the end of the handle. Surface is bruised.