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Complete kahawai lure. Wooden shank with knobs at head and base. Paua shell inlay. Slightly curved bone point with internal barb. Lashings at head and base.

Broken kahawai lure. Medial portion remaining, broken at both ends.

Adze roughout. Roughly triangular cross-section with apex at the back and slightly flattened sides at the blade. The surface is flaked. The butt is undifferentiated from the blade. The sides of the blade taper in towards the poll. The bevel is demarcated by a triangular ridge. The cutting edge is irregular and slightly oblique.

Complete roughout. Stone. Mid grey, dark grey. Cross-section is lenticular. Surface is flaked, with round stains dotted on back, with a few on front. Major differentiation between butt and blade, front heavily reduced after peak at presumed shoulder. Bevel is flaked and unfinished, cutting edge is blunt, curved, and unfinished. Wakapatu written on back.

Complete unfinished adze. Light brown stone. Trapezoidal cross-section with the back narrower than the front. The surface is flaked and bruised. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The sides of the adze taper in from the cutting edge towards the poll. The bevel is demarcated by a straight protruding chin. The cutting edge is blunt. There is a circular starburst sticker on the front of the blade that reads "Found Orepuki 1899 by A King"

Complete Trapezoidal cross-section with back narrower than the front Bruised and flaked surface Blade tapers in from the cutting edge towards the poll but no clear differentiation of butt The bevel is demarcated by ridges on its sides and at the chin. The cutting edge has large flake scars on the front and back

Adze roughout. Grey stone. Trapezoidal cross-section with the back narrower than the front. The surface is flaked. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The bevel is demarcated by an irregular ridge. The cutting edge is oblique and chipped.

Complete unfinished adze. Dark brown stone. Flat oval cross-section. The surface is mostly bruised with large flake scars on the blade, butt and cutting edge. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The sides of the blade narrow with rough flake scars to the poll. There is no demarcation of the bevel, the blade just slopes slightly towards the cutting edge which is blunt and irregular. A starburst sticker on one side reads "Pahia 1900"

Roughout Rectangular cross-section at bevel, irregular trapezoid cross-section at blade with back narrower than the front rough flaked surface, and smooth unworked stone surface on back There is a narrowing and then widening of the sides of the blade towards the poll The stone at the lower back of the adze slopes down to the bottom edge but it ends at a blunt irregular edge rather than a sharp cutting edge. The blade is asymmetrical and unfinished. Sharp irregular ridges form the narrower back side of the blade, widest at bevel, waisted near the top and wide again at the poll

Roughout Asymmetrical cross-section Flaked surface Blade tapers in from the bottom edge towards the poll The piece is so roughly cut that it is unclear which is the front or back. The cutting edge is undefined, irregular and asymmetrical

Complete curved bone pendant. Reduced with suspension hole at the proximal end. Rounded at the distal end.

Complete composite fishhook. Wooden shank carved with double-sided faces at the head, one at the base and one below the point and other geometric shapes throughout. Curved bone point with two internal and two external barbs and two internal notches, lashed to the shank with twisted muka. Two knobs at the head with twisted muka lashings and a plaited cord projecting from the top.

Broken pipe, bowl and part of stem remaining. Bowl is deep. Proper left side is darker than proper right side, probably where fire was put to the bowl for lighting. There is a small knob on the lower side of the pipe where the bowl meets the stem. There is a fine perforation running through the stem.

Stone tool, use unknown. Convex shape, tapered to a point at each end. Surface is ground on the edges of the points but rough everywhere else.

Broken totara tauihu (prow) of waka taua (war canoe). All carving are worn, especially on the proper right. Fretwork carving of two spirals on body, top of spirals broken off. Large human face protruding forwards, tongue protruding with the top half of the face missing. There is piko-o-rauru (double spiral) carving on the cheeks and worn carving on the lips and tongue. The face has been reattached using three metal pins. A full figure lies horizontal at the base of the two vertical spirals, split in two by the spirals. A third face is carved at the rear of the prow. There is worn tuara-kuri (diamond notches) carving on the prow. The proper right lashing board is broken off, with the front-most lashing hole remaining. The proper left lashing board has four drilled holes remaining.