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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.

Broken pounamu chisel, lower blade remaining. The cross section is asymmetric. The surface is ground with flaking at the break and back. The proper right has sawing marks. The bevel is demarcated by a curved line. The cutting edge is curved and sharp.

Complete adze. The cross-section is rectangular. The surface is ground with flaking on the back side of the poll and the blade. There is minor differentiation with a reduction near the shoulder on the proper right side and sides that taper toward the poll. The poll has flaking. The bevel is demarcated by a minor line at the chin. The cutting edge is curved and sharp.

Complete adze. Dark green and light brown pounamu. Surface is ground with some bruising. Cross-section is lenticular. No differentiation between butt and blade. Bevel is demarcated by a line. Cutting edge is curved and sharp. "Tuapeka Mouth" inscription on back

broken (bevel blade and butt is present) Roughly rectangular. Narrows in the sides towards the poll. The surface is ground with some chips/flakes. No differentiation between the blade and the butt. The bevel is curved and continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is missing.

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.

Complete pounamu drill point. The cross section is rectangular. The surface is ground, with flaking towards the poll. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting point is straight and blunt.