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Complete adze. Cross-section is asymmetrical. Surface is ground, except for poll and proper right front edge, which are flaked. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by a faint line, cutting edge is sharp and curved, heavily chipped. "Sumner." written on front.

Complete needle. Distal end is sharp. Drilled, circular eye at the proximal end.

Complete wooden patu aruhe (beater for preparing fern root). Spatula shaped blade with parallel sides and a lenticular cross-section. The distal end is rounded. There is a distinct shoulder between the upper blade and the handle. The handle is circular in cross-section with knob on proximal end. There is a build-up of dirt on both sides of the blades. There are several hair cracks on surface.

Complete fan shell pendant with suspension hole.

Complete, straight fishhook point with one lower, internal barb and one upper, internal barb. There is a external barb a third of the way down the point. It has external, lower notches.

Complete, curved fishhook point with an internal barb in the middle of point and lower, external notches.

Complete bird spear point. There are five barbs, four on one side with one barb on the opposite side. The base of the bird spear point is serrated on both sides.

Broken bird spear point, tip remaining. There are two barbs.

Broken flute, one end remaining. There is one small perforation near the end, with a larger partial perforation on the opposite side. There are darkened striations across the surface, in a triangular pattern on one side, and diagonal lines on the other. Inside of flute stuffed with tissue.

Partial patu onewa, with bottom of blade and part of main body split off, no tau or perforation. Handle and most of blade present. Surface of patu rough and unfinished. Reduced at shoulder where blade meets neck.

Wooden implement, use unknown. Parallel sided, tapers to a blunt rounded point at distal end. Proximal end rounded with a bilateral notch below the head.

Piece of worked wood, use unknown. Tapered at one end with some cut marks around the perimeter and a triangular cross-section. Scorch marks at the other end and a flattened rectangular cross-section. Surface is worked smooth.

Rectangular piece of worked wood, use unknown, possibly from a bowl. Slightly concave in profile. Surface has been worked smooth.

Complete minnow shank with a perforation at the head. It has two reductions on the top and the bottom of the base.

Clongumeration of cotton cord, muka ( flax fiber), and muka (flax fiber) formed into cord by miro (rolling) technique.

Large stone anchor. Irregular cross-section, flattened on the back with a large, deep groove running around the middle of the punga. There are two short grooves running parallel to this on the back, while there is long parallel groove on the front. The surface of the punga is rough.

Complete pounamu/nephrite pendant. Light green inanga variety. Surface has been ground smooth. Roughly triangular in profile with an irregular cross section. Suspension hole at the proximal end. Deep sawing marks on one side, with a raised portion in centre.

Complete rough out. The cross section is rectangular. The surface of the front is ground but the back is flaked. There is minor differentiation between the butt and the blade as the two sides taper in towards the poll. The bevel is demarcated by a line of flaking. The cutting edge is straight but blunt with flaking along it.

Complete adze. The cross section is rectangular. The surface is ground but there is some flaking on the sides. There is some very minor differentiation between the butt and the blade as the proper right hand side tapers in towards the poll. The bevel is continuous with the blade and is slightly curved. The cutting edge is straight and sharp, although part of the cutting edge on the proper left hand side is missing.

Broken adze with part of the blade remaining. The cross section is asymmetrical. The surface is ground mostly, but it is flaked where the butt and the proper right hand side are missing. There are two saw marks; one along the cutting edge on the front and the second on the proper right hand side of the bevel, just above the cutting edge The butt is not present. The bevel is demarcated by a small line at the chine. The cutting edge is straight and sharp with three chips in the middle.