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Complete pounamu pendant. Dark green, translucent with white and silver oxidation over most of surface. Straight bird form. Proximal end has a suspension hole drilled from both sides with a projection on one side. Projection edge has a drill mark, representing a bird beak. Two notches at proximal edge. Distal end is slightly curved to one side at a dull point.

Complete adze Cross-section is rectangular Surface is mostly ground with rough areas. Flaked on lower proper left side. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, sides reduced to form shoulder. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and straight, chipped.

Complete adze. White stone. Slender rectangular cross-section. The surface is flaked. There are shoulders on the sides of the blade and a reduction in the stone to form the butt. There is no obvious bevel, the blade ends at a thin edge.

Complete adze Cross-section is oval Surface is mostly bruised, some ground areas. No differentiation between butt and blade. Sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade. Cutting edge is sharp and curved.

Complete adze. Light grey stone. Oval cross-section. The surface is flaked and bruised, with a large flake scar on the proper right of the back of the butt. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. There is no bevel, the adze has a blunt end.

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.

Broken and weathered hoe (waka paddle), blade remaining. Light brown wood. Surface is cracked and flaking with borer holes throughout. Slightly concave in cross section, with a thin ridge running along the centre of the back/concave side.

Piece of worked wood, use unknown. Surface is dessicated and possibly a little charred. One side is flattened and relatively smooth, the other has a longitudinal ridge. Tapered at one end.

Straight complete fishhook, barb below point, serrations at the bottom external face.

Silcrete flake. There is some retouch around the lateral margins. Part b is a chisel, dark green argillite, finished and ground with secondary flaking and use-wear on blade. Possible source is Bluff-Greenhills (description by Russell Beck 18/08/2010)

Cast of a whale tooth pendant. Two spiral eyes are etched at the proximal end, with a broken out suspension hole. Curved toward the front at the distal end, which is broken off. Broken along both side edges.

Complete unfinished adze. Brown stone. Oval cross-section. The surface is mostly ground, with bruising on the sides and flaking on the poll and the the front lower blade. There is a shallow indentation in the stone on the proper right which might indicate the base of the butt. Otherwise there is no differentiation between the butt and the blade. The bevel is demarcated by an asymmetrical curved line. The cutting edge is sharp and asymmetrical with a large chip on the proper right.