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Complete adze. Green stone. Quadrangular cross-section. The surface is mostly ground on the blade, with flaking and bruising on the edges and sides. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The sides of the blade taper in from the cutting edge to the poll. The bevel is smooth and continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is curved and sharp. There is a piece of paper and patches of glue adhered to the back of the blade.

Unfinished adze. Light grey stone. Oval cross-section. The surface is ground on the blade with flaking and bruising on the butt. The butt is differentiated from the blade by an irregular line of bruising on the back of the blade and a slight reduction in the stone on the back of the butt. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is straight and sharp.

Complete adze. Stone (doesn't look like pounamu to me). Black. Cross-section is semi-circular, with front flattened. Surface is ground, with some light bruising. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and straight. Southland? written on back.

Straight complete fishhook. Barb in internal face under point.

One piece fishhook fragment, point and tip remain.

Complete adze Cross-section of butt is circular, cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground. Major differentiation between and butt and blade. Front heavily reduced. Bevel is demarcated by a curved ridge

Broken adze, butt end only. Light brown stone. Circular cross-section. The surface is bruised with flaking at the broken end. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The sides of the piece taper in from the broken edge to the poll.

Bone point, made from hollow bone. One end is pointed. There is a fragment missing from around the middle of the point. Surface is bruised.

Complete adze. Black stone. Rectangular cross-section. The surface is smooth on the blade and bruised at the sides. There are flake scars on the butt and back of the blade. There is no distinction between the blade and the butt. The bevel is continuous with the blade and curved. The cutting edge is sharp and chipped.

Broken adze (butt remaining) Cross-section is rectangular. Surface of back is ground. Sides and front are bruised. No differentiation between butt and blade. Blade not present.

Complete bone point. Manufactured from hollow bone, one end unworked. The other end is sharpened to a point.

Complete adze. Cross-section is rounded rectangular. Surface is ground, though you can see flaking on butt and sides of blade. Major differentiation between butt and blade. Sides reduced. Bevel is continuous with blade and is slightly concaved. Cutting edge is sharp and curved. Chips on proper left and proper right of cutting edge.

Worked pounamu. The surface is ground. There is a complete sawing mark of the proper right. The proper left has deep diagonal sawing marks on both sides of the stone.

Roughout of adze. Green and grey stone. The cross-section is trapezoidal with the back narrower than the front. The surface is bruised and flaked. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The poll is flat and sloped. The bevel is not demarcated from the blade. The cutting edge is curved and irregular.

Complete adze. Dark grey stone. The cross-section is triangular. The surface is mostly bruised with ground areas on the lower blade. There is a pointed shoulder on the front of the blade and a reduction in the stone on the front of the butt. The bevel is smooth and continuous with the blade but demarcated by its ground surface. The cutting edge is blunt and chipped.

Complete adze. Dark grey and brown stone. Surface is bruised and ground. Cross-section is rectangular. Major differentiation between butt and blade, with the front and sides reduced to form a prominent ridge and shoulders. Bevel is continuous with the blade. Cutting edge is not present due to flaking. "Tokanui" inscription on back

One piece fishhook fragment, shank and base remain. Missing point, tip, head and knob.

Broken wooden scoop, midsection remaining, broken at proximal and distal end. There is a fragment missing from the bottom of the scoop, near the handle.

Piece of worked wood, broken at each end. Roughly rectangular in shape and in cross-section. Surface is worked smooth and sawn flat on two sides, cracked with a large natural knot on one side. Two complete perforations and three broken perforations run lengthwise along the piece.

Piece of worked wood. Roughly rectangular in shape and in cross-section. Surfaces have been sawn flat and worked smooth. There is a broken perforation at one end. A metal ring has been nailed into one side.