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Broken pounamu pendant, part of proximal portion remaining. Light green tangiwai variety with high translucency. One side edge has been split longitudinally, breaking the suspension hole. Rounded proximal edge, slightly tapered toward the broken edge.

Complete adze. Mid green pounamu. Surface is ground. Cross-section is rectangular. Major differentiation between butt and blade; front of butt is reduced to form two ridges, one at the shoulders, one near the poll. Bevel is continuous with the blade. Cutting edge is straight and sharp.

Complete kawakawa pounamu hei tiki. Cream inclusion are evident on the back. Head turned to the proper left. Proper right eye has a flake missing. Suspension hole protrudes from top of head. Arms bent, three fingered hands resting on thighs. Feet have three toes. Perforations between toes and between arms and torso. Back flattened.

Complete adze. Light greenstone with black inclusions on the proper left side. Quadrangular cross-section. The surface is mostly ground with some flaking and bruising. There is no clear distinction between the butt and the blade. The sides of the blade taper in towards the poll. There is a hole bored into the top of the butt. The bevel is demarcated by a faint straight line. The cutting edge is blunt and slightly chipped.

Complete adze. Asymmetrical Ground areas on front and back, with heavy bruising and flaking around edges. Butt has minor differentiation, right side proper has been reduced. Bevel demarcated by a very faint horizontal ridge. Cutting edge is blunt, rough and rounded.

Complete pounamu pendant. Attached to pounamu toggle D40.539 by a brown three-play rope. Dark green bowenite/tangiwai variety, chatoyant and translucent. Surface is ground. Cross section is lenticular. Seven notches on the proximal edge and a suspension hole drilled from both sides. One side edge is straight, and the other is curved; somewhat squared off at the distal end. Pendant is bevelled on both sides.

Pounamu toggle. Attached to D40.538 by a brown three-ply rope. Light green tahutahi variety; source believed to be Cascade Plateau area. Surface is ground. Triangular shape. Perforation through the centre of the toggle, drilled from both sides. One side has two bevels running lengthwise, demarcated by lines.

Mostly complete pounamu pendant, broken at the suspension hole at the proximal end. Black and dark green kawakawa variety, burnt, medium transparency. Surface is polished. Sawing mark on one side edge. Distal end is pointed.

Complete pounamu pendant. Mid-green in colour with black inclusions. Medium transparency. Surface is highly polished. Proximal end is comes to a dull point with a suspension hole. Distal end is rounded.

Complete pounamu pendant. Mid-green in colour with black inclusions. Low transparency. Surface is highly polished. Proximal end is rounded and slightly tapered, with a straight suspension hole. Distal end is rounded.

Fragment of a hei tiki, side leg and arm portion remaining. Pounamu/nephrite, mid-green kawakawa variety. Some cloudy patches as well as dark specks are evident in this pounamu indicative of a South Westland source. Fragment consists of one curved arm (from shoulder down) resting on thigh of curved leg. Foot of leg is not in evidence. This piece is smoothly shaped on both sides.

Complete pounamu gouge. The cross section is circular. The surface is ground with flaking on the front of the poll. The bevel is demarcated by a curved line. The butt is concave from the poll to the bevel. The cutting edge is straight and blunt with chipping.

Complete adze. Cross section is trapezoidal with the back narrower than the front. The surface is mostly ground, with bruising and flaking along both sides. The butt is undifferentiated. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is sharp and asymmetrically curved, with the proper right side longer than the left. The blade tapers from the cutting edge to the poll.

Complete adze. Pounamu. Dark green, mid green. Cross-section is roughly rectangular. Surface is mostly ground down front and back, with bruising on butt and around sides. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, with sides slightly reduced. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and curved, with chips missing along mid-cutting edge and proper left. "Murdering Beach." written on front

Complete pounamu chisel. The cross section is rectangular. The surface is ground with flaking on the back corners and poll. The bevel is demarcated by a straight line. The cutting edge is curved and blunt with chipping.

Broken pounamu chisel. The cross section is an asymmetric lenticular. The surface is ground with flaking on the front and back, originating from the break. The bevel is demarcated by a straight line. The cutting edge is straight and blunt.

Complete pounamu pendant. Light green inanga variety. Surface is ground. Oval cross section. Suspension hole drilled from both sides and a notch at proximal end. Pendant tapers and curves slightly to one side at the distal 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 chisel. Pounamu. Light green, cream. Cross-section is trapezoidal, with back narrower than front. Surface is ground, small amount of bruising on front edges. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved, very lightly chipped on both corners of cutting edge. Tarewai Point written on front.

Complete adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is mostly bruised. Sides and back of blade are ground. No differentiation between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, blade is sharp and curved.