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Complete adze. Mid green and light green pounamu. Surface is ground with some flaking and bruising on the sides. Cross-section is rectangular. Sides of the butt are reduced to a point at the poll. Bevel is demarcated by a line. Cutting edge is sharp and straight; blade tapers toward the cutting edge. "Kaikoura" inscription on back.

Broken adze, bevel end remaining. The cross section is asymmetrical: the proper left side is rectangular, the proper left side is broken, and a large fragment of the side and back is missing. The surface is ground. The butt is absent. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is straight and sharp. The proper right side is missing.

Complete adze. The cross section is trapezoidal with the back narrower than the front. The surface is ground. The butt is undifferentiated. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is curved and blunt.

Complete adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is mostly ground on front with bruising on back and sides. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, reduction on proper left of poll end and poll is oblique. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and curved, lightly chipped. "Kaikoura" written on front.

Broken adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is mostly ground on front, ground on bevel, bruised on sides and around front edges, and back. Butt not present. Bevel is demarcated by a line, and surface change from ground to bruised. Cutting edge is sharp and curved, chipped on proper right and proper left edges of cutting edge. "Kaikoura" written on front.

Broken pounamu gouge, upper blade remaining. The cross section is an oval. The surface is ground, with bruising on the poll and flaking on the break. The bevel and cutting edge are both broken off.

Broken pounamu chisel, proper right side of cutting edge missing. The cross section is asymmetric due to the break, the cross section of the remaining blade implies an original lenticular cross section. There is flaking on both the front and back. There is tapering of the sides towards the poll. The surface is ground, including over the top of the break. The proper left side has sawing marks. Both sides are bevelled, and both are demarcated by straight lines.

Complete adze. Dark grey stone. Cross-section is trapezoidal, with front narrower than the back. Surface is ground and bruised. Sides of the butt are reduced to form a ridge in the centre. Bevel is demarcated by an irregular line. Cutting edge is oblique and sharp. "Kaikoura" inscription on back.

Complete adze. Mid grey and mid brown stone. Surface is bruised and ground. Cross-section is trapezoidal, with back narrower than the front. Bevel is continuous with the blade. Cutting edge is curved and sharp but flaked. "Kaikoura" on back.

Complete adze. Argillite. Black. Cross-section is oval. Surface is ground down front and back, flaking and bruising on sides. Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved, lightly chipped. "Kaikoura" written on back.

Fragment patu onewa with four ornamental grooves and has a drilled hole for the suspending cord. There is a red ink stain with surface scratches all over. No chips. Looks to be broken where the blade would have been.

Complete one-piece fishhook. The point has an internal barb and the shank has an internal barb on the head and external notches on the head.

Piece of worked pounamu/nephrite, broken at most of the edges. Kawakawa variety with chatoyant bands of silver and light green, source possibly Te Koroka. Tapered at one end. One edge has eight remaining serrations.

Complete pounamu chisel. The cross section is an oval. The surface is ground. There is no demarcated bevel. The cutting edge is curved and blunt.

Complete adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is largely ground on front, back and sides. Some bruising on poll, front and back. No differentiation between blade and butt. Slight tapering towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by two lines. Cutting edge is sharp and curved.

Complete adze. Cross-section is asymmetrical. Largely rectangular, but proper right side narrows towards back. Surface is ground. Some bruising on proper left side and poll. Some ground ridges on anterior portion. No differentiation between blade and butt. Slight tapering towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by a line. Cutting edge is sharp and curved. Groove on proper right side.