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Complete adze. Dark green pounamu. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground with sawing marks on proper left side. Flaking and bruising around the butt, with front sloping down to meet poll. Bevel on front and back, both demarcated by lines. Cutting edge is slightly curved and sharp. "Long Beach" inscription.

Complete adze. Asymmetrical. The surface is ground with heavy flaking on the back and proper right of the front, and the poll. Butt undifferentiated from the blade and has been flaked away on the proper right front. The bevel is demarcated by an angular line and the blade is sharp, and smooth, with a slightly curved cutting edge.

Complete pounamu gouge. The cross section is circular. The surface is ground with flaking on the cutting edge, and poll. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is curved and blunt, with flaking on the proper right.

Complete adze. Rectangular at poll, asymmetrical at blade. The surface is ground with flaking on the left side proper, and some bruising on the right side and the poll. Butt undifferentiated. The bevel is demarcated by a ridge, and is slightly curved down to the cutting edge. The cutting edge is smooth, sharp and slightly curved.

Complete adze. Asymmetrical. The surface is ground with bruising down the sides and some flaking on the top of the front Butt undifferentiated The bevel is demarcated by a ridge and curves down to the cutting edge. The cutting edge is smooth, sharp and uneven There are strong linear saw marks down each side

Complete pounamu pendant. The cross section is circular. The surface is ground with flaking at both ends and a large flake at the back. The proper right has sawing marks down the whole length of the pendant. The proper left has light sawing marks. Both ends are chipped.

Large broken adze, the bevel end is missing. Pounamu. Rectangular cross-section. The surface is mostly ground, with large saw scars on each side and multiple flake scars. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade, and there is no bevel or cutting edge. The adze ends with a jagged flaked broken end.

Complete adze. Rectangular. Surface is ground with heavy bruising all over, and flaking on the back. The poll is flaked away on the right side proper. Butt undifferentiated. Bevel demarcated by lines that meet in an apex mid-blade. Cutting edge is smooth, sharp and rounded.

Broken adze (broken at poll end). Pounamu. Dark green, light green. Cross-section is trapezoidal, with front narrower than back. Surface is ground, bruising on proper left front, sawing mark down proper right side. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved, chipped on proper left side. At poll end there is a half a drilled hole. Poll is broken off where hole is drilled. "Murdering Beach" written on back.

Complete adze. Cross section is rectangular. The surface is mostly ground with some flaking on the back and butt. The butt is undifferentiated with significant flaking on the proper right side. The bevel continuous with the blade. The cutting edge straight and sharp.

Complete adze. Cross section is irregular. The surface is flaked, bruised and ground. The butt is undifferentiated. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is curved and sharp.

Complete pounamu chisel. The cross section is rectangular. The surface is ground on the front and bevel. The back and sides are flaking. The bevel is demarked by a straight line. The cutting edge is straight and blunt

Complete pounamu chisel. The cross section is rectangular. The surface is ground with flaking on the poll and butt front. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is straight and sharp, chipping on the proper right.

Broken pounamu chisel, cutting edge and poll missing. The cross section is a lozenge. The surface is ground with flaking towards the poll, on the proper left and on the cutting edge. There is no demarked bevel. The cutting edge is broken.

Broken pounamu chisel, lower blade remaining. The cross section is an oval. The surface is ground with flaking towards the poll. There is no demarked bevel. The cutting edge is curved and chipped.

Broken pounamu chisel, lower blade remaining. The cross section is a rectangle. The surface is ground with flaking towards the poll and on the back. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is curved, blunt and chipped.

Complete pounamu gouge. The cross section is irregular because of substantial sawing marks. The surface is ground with flaking on the proper left side. The gouge has been historically snapped through the middle and reattached. There are two saw marks on the proper left and one on the proper right. The blade is bevelled on both the front and back. The cutting edge is straight and sharp.

Piece of worked pounamu. Mid-green with silver and black inclusions and a dark green-grey band running diagonally from the proximal end to the distal side. Surface is ground. Teardrop-shaped, tapered at the proximal end and broad and rounded at the distal end. Small drill mark at the proximal end indicates this may have been intended as a pendant.

Complete pounamu drill point. The cross section is circular. The surface is ground with flaking on both ends. The drill is tapered to points at both ends. The cutting edge has been broken.

Complete pounamu drill point. The cross section is triangular with the apex to the back. The front surface has a historical residue and paper remnant. The surface is ground with some flaking on the proper right side. The cutting point is blunt.