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Complete hafted adze Cross-section is rectangular. Adze has a smooth, metal surface, though very rusted. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, though sides taper towards poll Bevel continuous with blade. Cutting edge is sharp and curved. Hafted adze. Adze is connected to shaped haft of dark wood, with twine.

Complete stone minnow lure shank. Hole through head, small points on shoulder of head. Notches on flat side of base. Cross-section is triangular.

Complete waka huia made of totara. Elongated oval in shape and half-circular in cross section. Dark red and brown in colour. A human figure projects off at each end, one male and one female. Both figures have paua inset eyes with geometric carvings. Female figure has glass beads at the back of the head to form another set of eyes. Male figure has paua inset eyes at the back of the head and another on the manaia figure depicted on its proper left arm. Exterior of box and lid are both carved with a curved rauponga (ridge and triangular notch) and rauru (double spiral) pattern. Interior is smooth and undecorated.

Wooden stick implement, use unknown. Surface is completely burnt, charred, and dessicated. Knobs at each end of a rod, one larger than the other. Knobs have flattened faces on each side. Broken and repaired in several places, with some chips missing. Glued to a piece of acrylic glass.

Complete trade bead, made of glass. There are several notches in the surface.

Complete small glass trade bead.

Complete glass trade bead, oval. It is chipped at one end around the perforation.

Complete glass trade bead.

Complete blue glass trade bead. Cross section is circular. There is a drilled perforation running though the bead lengthways.

Sang-de-boeuf (literally ox blood) is one of a range of complex glazes developed in China with a copper colouring agent fired in a reducing atmosphere.

Complete wooden barracouta shank, with metal nails through head and base. Large amount of reduction at head for line attachment. Perforation through base, small fragment of lower base not present.

Complete ko (digging stick). The square shaft tapers towards the grip. The grip is an asymmetrical, circular handle. The distal end comes to a blunted point. Approximately 35cm from the distal end, a footrest has been attached. The footrest is attached with three nails. The connecting surface of the footrest has an ornimetal arrowhead pointed towards the distal end.

Complete one-piece iron bait hook with wrapped line. The hook has three notches at the bend of the tip. The tip comes to a blunt point. The head of the lure is wrapped in cord. The cord is 35cm long. The top 9cm are woven into a loop.

Curved wooden sealing club. A cylindrical iron piece is attached by four nails on the exterior side of the blade. Handle is tapered, with a groove and another iron piece running through it. Top and bottom are sawn flat. Large crack running the length of the blade on one side.

Wooden barracouta lure with bent nail point

Fengcai pen can with picture design.

Complete head of whaling lance. Hollow base where shaft would be inserted, with a perforation on either side. The blade of the lance has a triangular cross-section and tapers to a point at the distal end.

Complete kahu huruhuru, with kiwi and pheasant feathers. Excepting borders, the main body of the cloak is covered with kiwi feather, with a pheasant feather border with distinct blue patch off-centre on left and right edges. Two pair twine, black twine in selvages. Shaped in centre and towards bottom. Manufactured using whatu aho rua (single-pair weft-twining) technique. On the back side, there are five small net bags evenly spaced in two rows - three along the mid-line and two nearer the bottom edge. The left and right edges are multi-strand twists of red, black and undyed string.