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Broken chisel (lower blade remaining). Pounamu. Dark green. Cross-section is rectangular.Surface is ground, with areas of natural roughness. Butt not present. Bevel is demarcated by a line. Cutting edge is sharp and straight.

Broken pounamu gouge, lower blade remaining. The cross section is an oval. The surface is ground, with some flaking originating from the break. The bevel is demarcated by a diagonal straight line. The cutting edge is curved and sharp.

Complete pounamu gouge. The cross section is lenticular. The surface is ground with flaking on the front. There is sawing marks on the proper left. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is straight and blunt.

Broken pounamu gouge, blade remaining. The cross section is circular. The surface is ground with faking on the back. The bevel is demarcated by a curved line. The cutting edge is straight and blunt.

Complete pounamu gouge. The cross section is circular. The surface is ground with faking on the poll and cutting edge. There is paper residue on the front. The bevel is demarcated by a curved line with the accession number written on the bevel. The cutting edge is chipped.

Complete pounamu chisel. The cross section is rectangular. The surface is ground with faking on the large bevel at the back. Both ends are bevelled on both sides. The large bevel is demarcated by diagonal straight lines. The smaller cutting edge is bevelled on the back demarked by a diagonal line. The bevel on the top is continuous with the blade. Both cutting edges are straight and sharp.

Silcrete flake. Dark yellow and white. Weathering on ventral side.

Complete adze. Cross section is rectangular. The surface is ground, with bruising on the front at the shoulder and. Chipped on the poll and the edge of the right side proper on the back. The butt has minor differentiation, with the shoulder tapering in slightly. The bevel is demarcated by a line and is slightly curved. The cutting edge is slightly curved, sharp and smooth.

Incomplete adze, poll missing. Asymmetrical cross-section. The surface is ground and bruised with broken edges on the proper left and butt end. No differentiation between the butt and the blade. The bevel is continuous. The sides taper slightly towards the poll end and the proper right side has sawing marks. The blade is sharp, lightly chipped and slightly angled.

Complete Lozenge cross-section. The surface is ground and bruised. There is no differentiation between the blade and the butt. The bevel is demarcated by a line. The mid blade is missing a portion on the proper left side and back. The cutting edge is sharp and curved, with bruising on the proper left at the front.

Complete adze. Cross section is rectangular. The surface is mostly ground with some flaking and bruising. The butt is undifferentiated. The poll is either damaged or unfinished. The bevel is demarcated by a line. The cutting edge is sharp and asymmetrically curved, the blade being slightly longer on the proper right side. The front of the blade tapers towards the cutting edge, and the sides taper towards the poll.