Event Highlight:
Tūhura's Birthday Party
Planetarium Highlight:
David Attenborough’s Natural History Museum Alive
Rakahau te Kohika
Taoka Māori
Complete curved fishhook point. External barb on lower point.
Broken, straight fishhook point with the upper point and the tip remaining. It has an upper, internal barb.
Broken straight fishhook point, base and mid remaining, tip not present. Notches on lower external side.
Complete curved fishhook point. Seriation present on side also having barb.
Complete curved bone point. Distal end is sharpened.
Moa bone point, distal end sharpened.
Kā taputapu
Complete adze. Asymmetrical Flaked and bruised Butt has minor differentiation, sides are tapered and right side proper has been distinctly reduced with shoulder raised. Bevel is demarcated by a strong line running up from each corner and meeting in an off-centre apex. Cutting edge is sharp and rounded with minor chipping.
Complete fish gorge.
Complete pendant made from a curved seal tooth. Suspension hole at root. Hollow.
Complete adze Cross-section is triangular on the blade and asymmetrical on the butt Surface is flaked and bruised Differentiation between the butt and blade; sides tapered towards the poll Bevel is demarcated by a change in surface. Only centre of the sharp cutting edge remains.
Complete straight fishhook point with barb on external and internal portions.
Mahi kai ki tai
Complete sinker with deep transverse lashing grooves at each end.
Complete sinker with shallow transverse lashing groove.
Complete silcrete flake. Flake scars on dorsal side. No cortex clear.
Proximal portion of silcrete flake. Retouching along lateral margins. Cortex is evident at the proximal end. Termination is flaked off.
Broken adze, butt remaining. Grey stone. Cross-section is oval. Surface is bruised and flaked. Sides are tapered towards the poll. Bevel and cutting edge are not present. "Kia" inscription.
Complete adze. Brown stone. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is bruised. No differentiation between butt and blade. There is no obvious bevel. Cutting edge is straight, blunt, and flaked. "Kaikorai Mth" inscription.
Fishhook fragment, shank and head present with knob on head.
Incomplete curved fishhook point fragment. Serration present on external portion. Base and point are missing.