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Complete adze. Brownish grey stone with three small patches of lighter brown. The cross-section is oval. The surface is lightly bruised. There is a very slight extra reduction in the sides of the butt as the sides taper towards the poll. There is an indication of a bevel with a slope towards the cutting edge. The cutting edge is blunt and rounded.

Incomplete adze. Light brown. Rectangular cross-section. The surface is ground and bruised, with an unworked section on one side of the butt. There is a small shoulder on one side of the blade that distinguishes it from the butt. There is no bevel end, the broken end is flaked.

Broken adze (butt remaining) Cross-section is oval Surface is ground. No differentiation between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Blade not present.

Complete rough out Cross-section is rectangular Surface is flaked. No differentiation between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel and cutting edge unfinished.

Incomplete adze, bevel end only. White, very light brown stone.Oval cross-section. The surface is flaked and bruised. There is no bevel, the front and back of the blade meet together in a blunt end.

Complete slate knife. Surface is ground on both sides. Cutting edge is blunt and curved, with bevel on one surface. Haft end is curved.

Broken schist knife, proximal end remaining. Surface is ground on both sides. Cutting edge is not present. Haft end is curved.

Complete schist knife. Surface is bruised on both sides. Cutting edge is sharp and curved, with bevel on one side. Haft end is flat.

Broken adze, poll end only. Light grey stone. The cross-section is oval. The surface is flaked and bruised. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The sides of the blade narrow towards the poll. The poll is flaked and irregular. The broken end forms a concave slope.

Complete pounamu pendant. Tangiwai (bowenite) variety, dark green colour with longitudinal flaws running through it and high translucency. Surface is smoothly polished. Proximal end has been reduced, ground smooth, and drilled from both sides with a suspension hole. Roughly quadrangular in cross-section. Distal end has been squared off.