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Broken adze haft, distal end remaining. Wood is cracked and dessicated. Platform at distal end is carved at a slant to the handle.

Mussel dredge handle, consisting of a long, slightly curved pole with a hook-like projection at one end for attaching the dredge.

Complete patu aruhe (fern root beater). Cracks extend from shoulder to blade edge on both sides. Burnt mark on front and on butt of handle. Chip out of front right side of blade. Rounded head with lenticular cross-section. Long smooth handle with round cross-section.

Long piece of worked wood. Surface is worked smooth. Piece is relatively thing and narrow. One end has a curved projection with an incomplete perforation (chisel marks evident).

Large piece of worked wood. Surface is worked smooth but some chisel marks evident. Slightly concave, with a ridge running the length of one side. Two perforations near one edge.

Brown Kete Muka possibly dyed using tanekaha bark and a white ash mordant. Short fringe, made with double pair twining, attached to side edges and base on front and back. Warps held together with double pair twining. Patterned in regular manner. Alternate rows of cross stitch (based on eight warp unit) and alternate verticle stripes natural and brown. No handles.

Large piece of worked wood with two prongs, use unclear. Surface is rough and cracked, with natural knots still visible.

Complete maul (mallet) with handle - round in cross section. Maul head has deep recession, approximately 11x5x4.5cm deep with lip flush with handle. There is a deeper perforation in the bottom of this recession. On the outer sides of the maul head there are six longitudinal and parallel grooves along three sides of head. Burnt and charred in places on head. The handle is round and smooth, with a slight knob at the proximal end.

Frament of maro. The fibre is woven together, with two whenu (strands) forming diagonal ornamental lines.

Complete flax kete with plaited handle. Woven in a twilled over-one, under-one pattern with unscraped flax. Natural mid-yellow colour with some mid-red and mid-brown in handle. Internal base commencement; cast off with internal horizontal plait. Top edge serrated in large triangular shape. Patterned at the base with three horizontal double rows of holes, created by changing the direction of individual flax strands.

Dark wooden tewhatewha. Two perforations on the blade. Chips broken off of proximal end. Handle broadens about halfway down. Tapers at the base, with a gold metal hooped nail at the end.

Wooden adze haft. Handle is round in cross section. Platform on the distal end, at an angle from the handle. Notch at the end for lashing. Twisted fibre lashings on the handle and part of the platform.

Complete fishing line and sinker. The line is plaited flax bound with unworked flax. The sinker is complete, with a transverse lashing mark around the circumference. The connecting rod is a naturally formed Y section, with flax bound to each of the lengths of wood.

Wooden pōito, used as a float for fishing nets or lines. Circular with a hole in the centre. Surface is scorched and dessicated and appears to have been varnished.

Piece of worked wood. Roughly rectangular in shape and in cross-section. Perforated at each end; one end has a further two drill marks (incomplete perforations). Ends are slightly tapered and curve upward, with a portion sawn off the bottom section at a right angle, possibly to create a joint.

Piece of elongated worked wood, use unknown. Surface is charred and pitted. One end has a triangular cross-section and broken circular perforation. The other end has an irregular cross-section with a notch on one side.

Piece of worked wood, use unknown. Roughly rectangular in shape and in cross-section. Surface is dessicated and scorched in some sections. There appears to be a manmade hole on one side. Reduced and tapered toward one end.

Complete hue (gourd container or calabash). Dark brown in colour. Large, with a bulbous base (slightly flattened on the bottom) and a narrow neck. Stem attached at the top of the neck. Large circular perforation on one side of the neck. Several cracks throughout the surface.

Complete hue (gourd container or calabash). Exterior surface is mid brown and covered in a black substance. Large bulbous base, undulating around the perimeter. Short, squat neck with vine stump at the top. Round perforation at the base of the neck.