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Incomplete adze. Rectangular at blade, trapezoidal at poll with back narrower than the front. Surface is ground with bruised edges. Butt not present. Bevel demarcated by straight singular line. Cutting edge is smooth, sharp and straight, with minor flaking. Slight sawing marks on the proper right side.

Broken adze (all but cutting edge remaining). Stone. Dark grey, mid grey. Cross-section is oval. Surface of blade is mostly ground, some bruising on sides, butt is bruised, some flaking at poll. Depression is stone at front end of butt. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by a curved line. Cutting edge chipped off. Nuggets. written on front.

Complete unfinished adze. Light grey stone. Lenticular cross-section. The surface is bruised and flaked with a ground bevel. There is a protruding shoulder on the front of the blade, distinguishing the butt from the blade. The bevel is demarcated by a line. The cutting edge is curved and sharp with a large chip on the proper left.

Complete pounamu drill point. The cross section is an oval. The surface is ground with two sawing marks on opposite sides. The point is chipped.

Complete unfinished adze. Grey stone. Oval cross-section. The surface is mostly flaked with bruised and ground areas on the blade. The stone of the butt is reduced slightly on the front and back. The sides of the butt taper in towards the poll. The bevel is roughly flaked. The cutting edge is blunt and chipped.

Adze roughout, it is unclear whether it is complete or broken off at the poll end. Grey stone. Asymmetrical quadrangular cross-section. The surface is flaked. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The bevel is roughly indicated by flake scars. The cutting edge is blunt and irregular.

Complete adze. Asymmetrical Surface is flaked and bruised Butt has minor differentiation, sides have been reduced. Bevel is demarcated by two straight lines meeting at an off-centre apex. Cutting edge is smooth, sharp and slightly curved.

Complete adze Cross-section is rectangular Surface is ground with some bruising on sides and near poll. Sawing marks on the proper left side Major differentiation between the butt and the blade. Sides are reduced and curved inward and then widen again toward the poll. Poll is broken off. Bevel is demarcated by a line. Cutting edge is curved and sharp.

Complete adze. Pouamu. Mid green, light green. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is mostly ground, with some bruising on butt. Sawing mark down proper right side. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, back is reduced. Both front and back are bevelled, demarcated by lines. Cutting edge is sharp and straight, proper left side sharply oblique. "Kaikai's Beach" written on front and back.

Incomplete adze. Blade remaining. Circular. Surface is ground with minor bruising. Butt not present. Bevel is continuous with blade. Cutting edge is sharp and uneven. Sawing mark on right left side proper.

Piece of broken worked pounamu. Dark green. Surface is ground and flaked with sawing marks on one side and one edge. One edge is straight and sharp, similar to the cutting edge of an adze, with a bevel demarcated by a line on each side. The other edge is mostly broken, with a small portion coming to a sharp tapered point and a small bevel demarcated by a change in surface on one side.

Complete adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground. Major differentiation between butt and blade. Surface becoming less finished, front reduced. 2 lugs on front poll end of butt. Bevel demarcated by line, slightly concaved. Cutting edge is sharp and curved.

Broken adze, blade remaining Cross-section is asymmetrical Surface is ground with sawing marks on proper right side Butt is not present Bevel is demarcated by a straight line. Cutting edge is not present

Broken adze, blade remaining Cross-section is rectangular Surface is ground on front and mostly bruised and flaked on the back Butt is not present There are two bevels, one on the front and one on the back and both are demarcated by a line. Cutting edge is straight and sharp