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Complete adze. Brown stone. Rounded rectangular cross-section. The surface is mostly bruised, with a large flake scar on the proper right back, and a ground bevel. There is no distinction between the blade and the butt. The bevel is smooth and continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is curved and sharp. There is a paper label adhered to the back that reads "John White Collection" and one on the front "Pahia".

Complete adze. Black stone. Quadrangular cross-section. The surface is ground with flake scars on the edges and the poll. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The bevel is short and demarcated by a straight ridge across the blade. The cutting edge is straight, sharp and chipped on the proper right.

Complete adze. Black stone. Rounded quadrangular cross-section. The surface is mostly bruised with ground areas on the bevel end of the blade. There is a protruding shoulder on the front of the blade and a reduction in the stone to form the front of the butt. There is no distinction between the bevel and the blade. The bevel is slightly concave. The cutting edge is chipped.

Complete pounamu hei matau pendant. Light green, silver, and black. Surface is ground smooth. Suspension hole at the head, mostly drilled from one side. There is a barb-like projection on the external side of the head. Point has a rounded, double-sided tip, one side curves inward and the other ends with an external notch.

Complete pounamu hei matau pendant. Cream and light brown with a pale green tint. Surface is ground smooth. Suspension hole drilled from both sides at the internal side of the head. There is an internal notch and an external knob at the head. A crack runs vertically along from mid-shank to the base, with a grey discolouration that may indicated it has been stabilised with some material. There is an indentation on one side of the base of the point. The point curves into a rounded, double-barbed tip. A piece of one side of the point has broken off.

Broken pounamu/nephrite pendant, large piece missing from one side of the distal end. Has been burnt to a cream/white colour on the distal end; light green and grey on the proximal end. Surface has been ground, but has feather fractures on distal end and across the centre. One side edge is straight and the other is slightly curved. Proximal end is tapered, with a suspension hole drilled from both sides, slightly off-centre due to one side edge being at an angle. Distal edge is rounded and chipped.

Unfinished pounamu/nephrite pendant. Has been burnt white, silver, and light grey. Rectangular cross section. Surface is ground, but has cracked and flaked off in some places. Tapered to a point at the proximal end, with an incomplete suspension hole. Side edges are straight. Distal end is squared off, with a bevel on one side demarcated by a line.

Complete adze. Cloudy greenstone. Quadrangular cross-section. The surface is mostly ground, with some flake scars, and saw scars on the proper left side. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The bevel is demarcated by a curved ridge on the blade. The cutting edge is straight and sharp with a chip on the proper right.

Complete adze. Dark brown stone. The cross-section is plano-convex with the front flattened. The surface is ground on the front of the blade on the bevel, and the rest is bruised and flaked. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The bevel is continuous with the blade in the centre, but there are ridges demarcating the sides of the bevel from the blade. The cutting edge is straight and sharp.

Complete adze. Dark grey stone. The cross-section is lenticular. The surface is roughly flaked on the back and each side of the butt, and ground on the front of the blade. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The sides of the blade taper in towards the poll. The bevel is continuous with the blade. There is a small illegible rectangular piece of paper adhered to the back of the blade.

Complete adze. Grey stone. Quadrangular cross-section. The surface is mostly ground with bruising on the sides and the butt. There is a little distinction between the butt and the blade in the change from ground to bruised surface. The sides of the blade taper in towards the poll. The bevel is smooth and continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is sharp. There is a piece of paper adhered to the front that reads "625".

Complete adze. Trapezoidal with the back narrower than the front. The surface is ground with flaking on the poll, the proper left of the back and the proper right side of the back. Butt undifferentiated. The bevel is demarcated with a strong angular line, and strong lines down the sides. The blade is smooth, curved and sharp with some flaking on the proper left corner. Straight sawing marks down the proper right side of the back.

Complete adze. Greenstone. Trapezoidal cross-section with the back narrower than the front. The surface is ground with bruising on the sides and flake scars on the sides and butt. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The sides of the blade taper in towards the poll. The bevel is demarcated by an uneven ridge. The cutting edge is straight, sharp and on an angle.

Complete adze. Greenstone with black strip on poll and proper left. Quadrangular cross-section. The surface is mostly ground with a flaked poll. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The sides of the blade taper in towards the poll from the cutting edge. The bevel is demarcated by a light curved line. The cutting edge is sharp with flake scars on the proper left.

Complete adze. Light brown stone. Quadrangular cross-section. The surface is mostly bruised. There are large flake scars on the front of the blade. There is major distinction between the butt and the blade. There is a large protruding shoulder on the front of the blade, and the front of the butt is reduced. The poll is circular and has a sloped end with possible lugs at the edge. The bevel is smooth and continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is blunt and chipped.

Complete adze. Dark brown stone. Trapezoidal cross-section with the back narrower than the front. The surface is mostly ground on the blade and bruised on the butt. There is major distinction between the butt and the blade, with rounded shoulders on each side on the front and a reduction in the stone on the sides. The bevel is smooth and continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is sharp and slightly curved.

Complete adze. Dark greenish brown stone. Quadrangular cross-section. The surface is mostly smooth on both sides of the blade, and bruised and flaked on the sides and butt. There is some distinction between the butt and the blade, with a reduction in the stone at the butt and an irregular curved line. The bevel is smooth and continuous with the blade. There are the remnants of a paper label adhered to the back of the blade.

Complete adze. Brown stone. The cross-section is oval. The surface is mostly bruised with some ground areas on both sides of the blade. There is a slight rounded shoulder on the front of the blade. The bevel is demarcated by ridges on both sides that taper towards the centre. The cutting edge is sharp and curved.

Complete adze. Light brown stone. Oval cross-section. The surface is bruised. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The sides of the blade taper in towards the poll. The bevel is smooth and continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is curved and sharp.

Complete slate knife. Surface is grounded on one side and bruised on the other. Cutting edge is sharp and chipped, with bevel on both surfaces. Haft is flat.