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Two complete pounamu pendants, tied together with red cloth. One pendant is dark green, with a ground surface. Oval shape with a lenticular cross section. Indentation on one side edge of the distal end. Suspension hole at the proximal end, but difficult to determine more about it due to cloth. Other pendant is dark green, with a ground surface and a rectangular shape and cross section. Tapered to the proximal end, which has a suspension hole. Distal end is chipped on one side. Cloth is dark red with some light brown on edges. Frayed and tied in several knots.

Broken, butt, and perhaps a part of the blade are present rectangular, narrowing in the sides towards the poll The surface is ground with some bruising on the poll. No differentiation between the butt and blade. Bevel, cutting edge and parts of the blade are not present.

Complete adze. Cross-section is asymmetrical. Surface is ground and bruised. On proper right side there are sawing marks, and on the proper left front and side of the blade there is a deep sawing mark. There is no differentiation between the butt and the blade. The bevel is demarcated by a faint line. The cutting edge is sharp and curved with some chipping. Deep sawing mark on proper left front/side of blade.

Complete pounamu pendant. Has been burnt to a white, light grey, and silver colour. Slightly curved and tapered at one end with a suspension hole at the other end. Small chip out of curved end.

Complete light green pounamu pendant. Curved to one side at the distal end. Tapering to a suspension knob at the proximal end. Notches along all edges except for internal edge of the curve at the distal end.

Complete Trapezoidal, back slightly narrower than front. Surface is ground and bruised. There is no differentiation between the butt and the blade. The bevel is continuous. The cutting edge is Sharp, wide and curved.

Kete Whiri, a basket woven from an internal base whiri (braid). Woven with natural harakeke (flax) in takitahi pattern (over one, under one).One side longer than the other, creating a misshapen square in shape. Finished with a serrated top edge. Two miro (rolled) fibres have been threaded into the weaving to act as handles.

Complete ko (digging stick). The square shaft tapers towards the grip. The grip is an asymmetrical, circular handle. The distal end comes to a blunted point. Approximately 35cm from the distal end, a footrest has been attached. The footrest is attached with three nails. The connecting surface of the footrest has an ornimetal arrowhead pointed towards the distal end.

Broken adze, blade and cutting edge present. Trapezoidal cross-section. Front wider than back. The surface is ground with some bruising on the edges. There is a groove across the front of the blade towards the butt end. There is no other differentiation. The bevel is continuous. The cutting edge is sharp, straight and angled.

Complete Asymmetrical cross-section The surface is ground, with bruising on the sides and flaking on the cutting edge. There is no differentiation between the butt and the blade, but sides taper towards poll. The bevel is demarcated by a faint line . The cutting edge is sharp, with heavily chipped and some flaking.

Incomplete, broken adze Oval cross-section The front and back surface is ground and the sides are bruised. The proper left side is broken. There is no differentiation between the butt and the blade, but the sides taper towards the poll. The bevel is continuous. The cutting edge is sharp and curved with some chipping.

Complete Oval cross-section The front and back surface are heavily bruised. The front is and the bevel are ground. There is no differentiation beween the butt and the blade, but the sides taper towards the poll. The bevel is continuous. The cutting edge is sharp, curved, and chipped. Cutting edge is missing fragments on the proper left and right sides.

Complete Rectangular cross-section. The surface is ground with light bruising on the back. There is no differentiation between the butt and the blade The bevel is demarcated by a faint curved line. The cutting edge is heavily chipped.

Broken adze, blade and cutting edge present. Asymmetrical cross-section The surface is ground with some bruising on the front and exposed broken area on the back. There is no differentiation between the butt and the blade. The bevel is continuous. The cutting edge is sharp, curved and asymmetrical.

Broken adze, blade and cutting edge present. Trapezoidal cross-section. Front slightly wider than back. The surface is ground and bruised. The front and sides are mostly ground, the back is mostly bruised. There is no differentiation between the butt and the blade but the sides taper towards the poll. The bevel demarcated by a faint line. The cutting edge is sharp, curved and heavily chipped.

Complete Asymmetrical cross-section The surface is ground. There is no differentiation between the butt and the blade, but the sides taper towards the poll. The bevel is demarcated by a faint line. The cutting edge is sharp and sightly curved .

Complete patu paraoa. Wide, curved, knob at the proximal end, two grooves on either side, and one central groove at the very proximal end. There is a perforation through the handle.

Complete fishhook point. Slightly curved with notches at base. Barbed with serrations near tip.

Complete Roughly trapezoidal, back narrower than the front The surface is ground and bruised with some flaking. Major differentiation between the butt and blade, there is a clear reduction from the blade to the butt on the sides forming 2 clear shoulders The bevel is slightly curved and distinguishable from the blade by a slight ridge. The cutting edge is sharp, but a large part has been chipped away (so cannot determine the shape)

Complete needle. Distal end is sharp. Proximal end features a drilled, circular eye.