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Complete basalt adze. Cross-section is triangular on butt and upper blade, with apex to the top. Towards the distal end, the apex flattens making the cross-section trapezoidal, with the front narrower than the back. Major differentiation between butt and blade, front reduced forming small shoulder. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and curved, slightly curved.

Complete bone pendant. The head of the pendant has a perforation hole drilled from both sides. The edge of the head has been flattened. The bone has been sharpened to a blunt point.

Complete one-piece bone fishhook. Incurved tip. Knob at head. Bait notch at base.

Complete argillite adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper to poll, which is lightly flaked. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is curved and sharp, heavily chipped.

Complete tekoteko of a male figure. Made of heavy wood, and painted a dark red. There is indistinct writing around the forehead. There is a ta moko on the lower portion of the figure's face. The carving on the body is done in the rauponga style. There is a carved projection below the figures feet that is partially broken. There is one large perforation on this projection. The figure is concave at the back, so the arms, buttocks and sides of head project backwards. There is a large hole at the back of the head, and four smaller holes on the back of the arms, two on each side.

Vessel decorated with snake

Complete adze. Cross-section is trapezoidal with back narrower than front. The surface is mostly ground, sides bruised, there is a cutting mark down the proper left side. Sides of blade taper towards the poll, no shoulder. The bevel is demarcated by a line, the cutting edge is sharp and curved, lightly chipped.

Complete chisel. Cross-section is roughly oval, but a little asymmetrical with cutting marks down both sides. Bevel is continuous with chisel on both sides, cutting edge is sharp and curved. Surface is mostly ground, with small patch of bruising.

Broken totara tauihu (prow) of waka taua (war canoe). All carving are worn, especially on the proper right. Fretwork carving of two spirals on body, top of spirals broken off. Large human face protruding forwards, tongue protruding with the top half of the face missing. There is piko-o-rauru (double spiral) carving on the cheeks and worn carving on the lips and tongue. The face has been reattached using three metal pins. A full figure lies horizontal at the base of the two vertical spirals, split in two by the spirals. A third face is carved at the rear of the prow. There is worn tuara-kuri (diamond notches) carving on the prow. The proper right lashing board is broken off, with the front-most lashing hole remaining. The proper left lashing board has four drilled holes remaining.

Goose feather and flax kete. Feathers are light brown, light grey, and white in colour. Warps held together using single pair twine. 19 weft rows, 1.5cm apart. Feathers attached to every 6th warp on alternate weft rows (except basal three). Cast on using thrum technique. Cast off from inside by taking warp 1 to back of warp 4, warp 2 to back of warp 5 etc and holding in place with single pair twine. Warps then frayed and trimmed to form fringe on external side. Twisted flax fibre handle on either side, one strand of which has been dyed bright yellow.

Piece of hollow worked bone, filed to a point at one end and roughly worked at the other end.

Complete flax kete with single plaited handle. Natural light yellow colour. Fringe attached with single pair twine along both sides on front and back. Base fringe formed from warps. Extra weft thread added for decoration. Warps held together with single pair twine. Patterned on both sides with alternate rows of loose "ruffled" warps and single crossed thread. Handle attached to each edge, knotted and frayed, with a tassel at each end.

Complete hei tiki. There is a pendant at the proximal end. There are smooth grooves to make the tiki shape, it looks well worn. Two circular eyes, grooves around the neck, arms and legs. Sawn through at arms and legs.

Complete mutu (bird snare) made from a single piece of dark brown wood. Perch has a figure carved facing the proximal end, with four-fingered hands resting on stomach and feet together. Eyebrows, nose, and pointed mouth indicated on head. A rounded knob projects from the perch and one end curves upward. The handle is straight, with another face carved into the butt; the eyes are depicted by a perforation. Two pieces of vine are curved through perforations at the butt and below the abdomen of the figure on the perch; the vine at the butt is also lashed with a fibre cord. A twisted and knotted cord passes through another perforation at the perch figure's forehead.

Complete pekapeka pendant. Mid-green and light grey pounamu. Surface is polished. Two bird heads represented on the right and left side edges. Necks and bodies spiral toward each other in the centre of the pendant, creating several perforations.