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Broken curved fishhook point with part of tip and base missing. Cracked in half vertically. Small cracks present, covering whole of fishhook point.

Broken straight fishhook point with base and shaft remaining. Small cracks present along edges.

Broken curved fishhook point with base and part of shaft remaining.

Broken bird spear point, missing base. Has zero barbs. Small serrations on one side. Cracks and black substance on one side.

Complete adze. Cross-section is oval. Surface is ground on bevel. Surface on rest of blade and butt is flaked or bruised. Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Sides taper towards poll. Bevel is demarcated where the surface changes. Cutting edge is sharp and straight, chipped on proper right side

Complete curved fishhook point. There on notches on the external side the base, with a small barb above and serrations ending halfway up the external side. There is an internal barb.

Broken fishhook point, base remaining. There is a notch at the bottom of the base, and a large perforation. There is a partial perforation at the upper broken edge.

Broken fishhook point, base remaining. Notches along one side.

Broken curved fishhook point, tip remaining.

Broken curved fishhook point, tip of point remaining, bone is burned.

Broken curved fishhook point, base remaining. Bone is burned.

Broken curved fishhook point, upper portion remaining. Wider at base, tapering towards point.

Broken bird spear point, base remaining. There are two barbs, with a notch in between.

Broken bird spear point, tip remaining. Visible repair at proximal end where previously repaired. There are four barbs, all serrated along the top edge.

Broken patu paraoa, butt of handle remaining. Bone is worn and porous.

Complete two-mouthed hinaki (eel trap). Two-strand, half-twisted twining made from vine. Stick-like projections at the end of the eel funnels. Four internal braces woven into body. Bait door at one end with two rounded handles. Another larger handle on the other side.

Complete hue (gourd container or calabash). Mid brown and mid orange. Elongated, bulbous base with a short, curved neck. Top of the neck has been cut away and the edges have been polished smoothed. Small perforation just below the top. Base is severely cracked.

Complete hue (gourd container). Dark orange in colour. Hole cut out on one side of neck; small piece of stem still attached. A twisted and knotted piece of muka cord is looped around the body of the gourd and tied at the top for use as a carrier.

Complete hue or taha tuatua (gourd container or calabash) inside a woven kete. Oval shape, with a rounded base broken in several fragments. Top is cut off at the neck, creating a large circular hole with sides worked smooth. Kete is made of unscraped harakeke, plaited in an over-one, under-one twill, broken in several places and with a broken muka handle. Metal ring and broken pieces in plastic bags accompany the hue.

Complete tatā (canoe bailer). Dark brown wood. Handle is straight and carved with a rauponga (ridge and notch) pattern and a face carving at the proximal end. Eyebrows, eyes (one with paua shell and one missing), nose and mouth indicated. Scoop is U-shaped with thick walls. Exterior surface is carved with faces and spirals around the rim and koru pattern on the bottom. The carvings on the scoop are amateur, possibly unauthentic and added after the handle carvings. The interior of the scoop is unornamented with a ridge at the pouring edge.