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Piece of worked wood, use unknown. Surface is dessicated and sandy. One side appears to have a ridge running lengthwise with two flat worked planes on either side.

Piece of worked wood, use unknown. Surface is very worn and cracked. Charred at one end. There appears to be an indentation on one side, near the charred end, but it's unclear whether this is natural or man-made.

Piece of wood, possibly worked, use unknown. Tapered at one end. Surface is heavily dessicated and charred throughout. Very sandy with roots attached.

Piece of worked wood, use unknown, possibly a barracouta lure. Approximately rectangular in shape and in cross-section. Surface has been worked smooth. One end appears to have a bevel, tapering slightly. The other end is reduced, with cut marks creating a notch on one side.

A piece of worked wood, use unclear. Surface is dessicated, cracked, and flaking. Cross section is lenticular. Sawn at one end; reduced on one side at that end. The other end is slightly tapered.

Complete patu rakau. The butt has a knob with a projection on one side. Handle is tapered to the proximal end. A longitudinal ridge runs down the centre of the patu on one side, from the butt to the distal end of the blade. Shoulders where the butt meets the blade, demarcated by two curved carvings, meeting at the longitudinal ridge. Blade is elongated, tapering to a rounded point at the distal end. Perforation at the distal end of the blade, drilled from both sides. Sides edges of the blade are heavily chipped and weathered.

Complete wooden bowl. Lenticular shape with steep sides and flattened lenticular base. One end tapers to a rounded spout that is flush with the rim of bowl. The other end is broken. Interior is charred in centre of base and part of the sides.

Broken wooden scoop, midsection remaining, broken at proximal and distal end. There is a fragment missing from the bottom of the scoop, near the handle.

Piece of worked wood, broken at each end. Roughly rectangular in shape and in cross-section. Surface is worked smooth and sawn flat on two sides, cracked with a large natural knot on one side. Two complete perforations and three broken perforations run lengthwise along the piece.

Piece of worked wood. Roughly rectangular in shape and in cross-section. Surfaces have been sawn flat and worked smooth. There is a broken perforation at one end. A metal ring has been nailed into one side.

A model of a hoe (waka paddle). Dark brown wood. Handle is worked smooth with a knob on the butt and an oval cross-section. Blade of the paddle is diamond-shaped with a half-circular cross-section. Blade is carved with a rauponga (ridges and notches) pattern on one side and a koru pattern on the other side.

Complete taiaha. Wooden surface is smooth and polished. Double-sided human face carved at the proximal end. Face has a protruding tongue, geometric shapes on lips and forehead, slanted eyes. Distal end of the blade is rounded.

Complete taiaha. Wooden surface is smooth and polished. Human faces carved at the proximal end on both sides. Protruding tongue carved with rauru (spiral and notch) pattern. Eyes are slanted and convex hallows, with a paua shell inlay intact in one. Handle and blade are relatively narrow, slightly flared and rounded at the base.

Complete tewhatewha. Surface is worked smooth with cutting marks evident on the blade. Perforation at the base of the blade, with a piece of twisted fibre through it, knotted at both ends. Face carving about halfway down the handle on both sides. Remnants of wax in eye sockets. Tapered at the base.

Complete tewhatewha. Chicken feathers are attached to the rapa (head). No other whakairo present. The opposite end tapers to a mata (point).

Complete taiaha. Proximal end carved with human face on each side. Paua shell inlay remaining in one eye. Protruding tongue has a rauru (double spiral with notches) pattern. Relatively narrow blade.

Piece of worked wood, use unknown. Surface is charred, dessicated, and very sandy. Tapered at one end, with flattened sides.

Complete taiaha. Surface is worked smooth and polished. Human face carved on each side at the proximal end. Protruding tongue has a rauru (spiral and notch) pattern. Two eyes have paua shell inlays intact. Blade is narrow and rounded, with a large chip missing from the edge.

Complete taiaha. Roughly carved human faces on each side of the proximal end. Metal drawing pins in three of the four eyes (perforation visible where one is missing). Unfinished spiral incised markings on one side of protruding tongue. Dark dyed twisted piece of fibre tied around the centre of the blade.

Complete taiaha. Proximal end carved with human face in high relief on each side. Protruding tongue has a rauru (double spiral with notches) pattern. Blade is undecorated, flaring out to the distal edge, with a chip broken off one side.