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Complete stone adze Circular. The surface is bruised with slight grinding on the bevel. The butt is undifferentiated. Bevel is demarcated by two lines, forming a triangular chin. The cutting edge is curved, blunt and chipped.

Back slightly concave. Sides of blade straight. Proximal (blade) edge rounded and damaged. Shoulders slight. Flattened in cross section. Butt - flattened with left side rounded projection and right side squared projection. Cortex of bone on back. complete, everything in place, no Tau.This Patu is in a relatively good condition, it is although, a bit weathered. The underside is covered with holes due to the natural structure of the bone. There is no hole for the Tau. The top of the blade is slightly chipped.

Complete adze. Stone. Black. Cross-section of blade is semi-circular, front flattened. Cross-section of butt is oval. Surfaces of front and cutting edge are ground. Back of adze and butt is bruised and flaked. Major differentiation between butt and blade, sides reduced forming shoulder. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved. "Waimumu Nr. Gore" written on front, back, and cutting edge.

Complete patu paraoa (whale bone club). The handle is demarcated by a curved reduction of the blade. There is two curved ornamental reke (grooves) on the grip. A suspension hole is drilled in the handle, with flaking originating at the hole, reducing the back of the handle. There are surface fissures down the extent of the blade.

Single poha (kelp bag) made of rimurapa (bull kelp). A piece of wire remains at the top possibly used as a tie. Made from a species of yellow bull kelp harvested from the southern oceans in the warmer months. They were cut vertically and a hand was used to part the honeycomb partitions within the kelp to make the interior. The bag was then inflated and tied to dry/cure. Poha were frequently used by southern Maori to store and preserve salted titi (mutton bird) and other food sources.

Complete unfinished adze. Dark brown stone. Quadrangular cross-section. Mostly ground surface with flake scars on the poll and the proper right. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The sides of the blade taper in from the cutting edge towards the poll. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is sharp with several chips, and a large chip on the proper right.

Worked pounamu, broken and chipped on most edges. Surface is ground. There is a bevel on both sides around all of the edges. One edge shows signs of usewear.

Complete unfinished adze. Light green stone. Quadrangular cross-section. The surface is mostly bruised and flaked, with ground areas on the blade. The only distinction between the butt and the blade is the bruising on the sides of the butt. There is an irregular chin demarcating the bevel from the blade. The centre of the back of the blade is concave with flake scars. The cutting edge is chipped with a sharp smooth part in the centre.

Complete unfinished adze. Light greenstone. Quadrangular cross-section. The surface is mostly ground with flaking on the proper right side and a saw mark and flaking on the proper left. There is no distinction between the butt and the bevel. The sides of the blade taper in towards the poll. The bevel is smooth and demarcated by a straight oblique ridge. The cutting edge is irregular and chipped.

Broken adze, blade and bevel only. Dark green and black stone. Quadrangular cross-section. The surface is ground with heavy flaking at the broken end. There is no butt. The sides of the blade taper in from the cutting edge towards the broken end. The bevel is smooth and continuous with the blade, demarcated on the proper left only by a light line. There is a shallow ground indentation in the back of the blade. The cutting edge is asymmetrical, curved and sharp.

Incomplete adze, broken at the poll. Black and green pounamu. The cross-section is quadrangular. The surface is mostly ground with flake scars. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The sides of the blade taper from the middle of the blade towards the poll. The bevel is demarcated by an oblique straight ridge. The cutting edge is sharp and irregular, with flake scars on the left and right.

Complete unfinished adze. Mottled greenstone. The cross-section is asymmetrical. The surface is mostly ground with bruising and flake scars. 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 a ridge on the proper left side and a flake scar on the right. The cutting edge is oblique, sharp and has small chips.

Complete unfinished adze. Greenstone. Quadrangular cross-section. The surface is mostly ground with heavy flaking on the proper right side. The proper left side has a long saw mark. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. the side of the blade is straight on the proper left and irregular and tapering in towards the poll on the proper right. The bevel is smooth and continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is curved, sharp and slightly chipped.

Worked greenstone flake. Asymmetrical cross-section. Flaked and ground surface. There is no butt. The bevel is demarcated by an oblique curved ridge. The cutting edge is irregular.

Worked greenstone. Irregular quadrangular cross-section. The surface is mostly flaked. There is a bevel at one end, demarcated by an oblique irregular ridge . The cutting edge is chipped and sharp.

Piece of worked greenstone, triangular shape. Quadrangular cross-section. The surface is ground. One end is faceted and the other is a broken point.

Incomplete greenstone gouge/chisel, bevel end of blade only. Oval cross-section. The surface is ground and flaked. There is a saw scar on the proper left. The bevel is faceted and demarcated by a curved line. There is a chip out of the proper right side of the bevel and cutting edge.

Fragment of worked greenstone, probably a piece of a gouge. The cross-section is triangular. The surface is ground on one side and flaked on the other. It is unclear which end of a tool this might be.

Complete unfinished greenstone adze. Quadrangular cross-section. The surface is mostly ground with small flake scars. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The bevel is demarcated by an irregular oblique line. The cutting edge is irregular and chipped. There is a shallow hole bored into the butt on the back.

Incomplete greenstone gouge, blade and bevel end only. The cross-section is circular. The surface is ground with some flake scars. The bevel is demarcated by two straight lines that meet in the middle. The cutting edge is curved and chipped.