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Wooden adze haft. Handle is round in cross section and chisel marks visible on surface, darkened near the grip. Triangular platform at the distal end, with notches and a deep groove at the edge. A mount is lashed with plaited fibre into the hollow groove, projecting beyond the platform. The mount has a deep rectangular groove, open at one end, for inserting an adze. It appears to be made using metal tools.

Complete pounamu pendant. Light green inanga variety. Surface is ground with a groove/sawing mark on one side. Proximal end is squared off with a suspension hole drilled from both sides. Distal end is tapered to a sharp point.

A: Complete barracouta lure. Straight wooden shank with a dessicated surface. On one end, there are two grooves on one side and one on the edge for lashing. Bone point inserted at the other end in a perforation. Point is slightly curved with a serrated external edge. B: Complete barracouta lure. Straight wooden shank with a smoothly worked surface, some cut marks and dessication evident. At one end, there is a groove on each side and one on the edge for lashing. Bone point inserted at the other end in a perforation. Point is slightly curved with a serrated external edge.

Complete adze. Oval at poll, lenticular at blade. Surface is bruised and flaked. Butt undifferentiated. Bevel demarcated by lines that meet in an apex mid-blade. Cutting edge is sharp and rounded with minor chipping.

Complete patiti with iron axe-head and wooden handle. Surface of the handle is smooth. The butt flares out slightly, with a flattened edge and a straight drilled perforation. Sides of the handle are reduced at the distal end, where the axe-head is attached. Surface of the axe-head is somewhat rusted, with a stamp mark on one side. Blade flares out with a curved, sharp cutting edge.

Complete tatā (canoe bailer). Made from dark brown rimu using steel tools. Curved handle projects over the scoop, with a manaia head carved at the butt. Below the handle, at the back of the scoop, is another carving and two perforations. Two pieces of loose wood on the carving have been re-attached in the past with heavy furniture nails. Scoop has a slight ridge on the interior, creating a straight-sided pouring edge

Complete kahu kuri cloak. The kaupapa (body) is woven in close, single pair pukapuka (twining) except for occasional rows of whatuaho rua (double pair twining) which are woven tightly with a small gap used for a guide to sew the dogskin strip. The kurupatu (fringe collar) is made with a dogskin strip. The kahu kuri is covered with small tufts of dog fur, lighter around the sides, darker through the middle. There are areas of the cloak where the fur has thinned, showing the dog skin strips. The edges of the cloak, under the fur, are woven with darker fibres, in an almost chevron pattern. There is a modern support pillow and velcro strip attached to the inside of the cloak.

Broken patu onewa, handle and part of blade present. There is an incomplete perforation at the handle that has been drilled from both sides. The butt of the handle is carved, oval in shape, with three grooves on each side and top ridge at the top. Surface is ground.

Kete containing five kahawai lures. Kete is in the style of an envelope with a V-shaped fold-over flap. Made of unscraped flax in a pattern created by changing direction of basic over two, under two plait. Made as a tube, cast off along upper edge, opening and flap, by folding over and through other strands. Final bringing together of sides along base. Twisted muka cord attached to corners and at centre of flap. All five kahawai lures: Curved wooden shank with shell inlay. Curved bone point with internal barb attached with muka at the base and with a cord at the head. B and F have some organic material, possibly part of a feather quill also lashed at the base. C, D, and E have metal wire lashed at the base in addition to the muka lashings.

Shark tooth pendant with suspension hole at root. Red sealing wax on root, some of which has chipped away.

Mostly complete pounamu pendant, broken at the suspension hole. Possibly reworked from a chisel. Dark brown and green waikokopu variety. Surface is ground. Square cross section. Tapered at each end. Bevel demarcated by a line on the proximal end, just below the suspension hole. Distal end is rounded, with an indented bevel, demarcated by a change in surface. Remnants of red paint or wax on one side.

Broken adze, lower part of the blade only oval cross-section. Ground surface with bruised surface at the sides and on the back, outlining the bevel and the spine down the back. The piece of adze is the blade and bevel only, there is no butt The bevel is demarcated by the bruised surface outlining it. The bevel is curved, and the cutting edge is curved, asymmetrical and sharp.

Broken toggle, one end remaining. One side is decorated with darkened striations in a cross-hatched pattern. Inside of the bone is packed with dirt.

Waka huia without a lid. Made from kapuka wood; dark brown in colour. Rectangular in shape and in cross section; slightly rounded on the bottom. Simple grooved knobs on each end, one of which has a perforation for a suspension cord. Exterior is carved in a rauru (double spiral) pattern, with three on the bottom and four on each side. Interior is smooth and undecorated.

Complete adze Cross-section is oval. Surface is bruised. Flaking at poll. Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Sides taper towards poll. Back slopes up towards poll. Bevel and cutting edge unfinished. Cutting edge as is is very blunt and straight.

Complete adze. Asymmetrical at poll, rectangular at blade. Surface is ground with some flaking at poll and front of butt. Butt undifferentiated. Bevel is demarcated by two straight lines meeting at an off-centre apex.

Set of fire oven stones.

complete, everything in place, no Tau. This Patu is in very good condition. On one side it is cracked along the blade, it has a small hole along that crack near the bottom. The crack has been fixed with adhesive. At the butt of the patu there are markings, Reke, that surround the hole for the tau.

Complete Oval cross-section. Bruised and flaked surface The poll of the adze is curved, flaked and irregular, with a slight outward curve on the proper right The left and right sides of the back of the adze are bruised as though shaping of the tool had only started. The shape of the bevel is indicated by an area of unbruised stone and a ridge on the proper left side. The cutting edge is irregular, badly flaked and asymmetrical

Broken adze, blade and bevel only Plano-convex cross-section. The surface is ground at the bevel and on the lower front of the blade. The rest of the surface, particularly the broken top end, is flaked The piece of adze is the blade and bevel only, there is no butt The bevel is continuous with the blade, only differentiated by the difference in surface texture. The cutting edge is sharp and asymmetrical