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Complete pounamu/Nephrite hei tiki. Mid-green inanga variety with white inclusions. Westland source. Head turned to left. Serrated paua shell inlaid into eyes. Nostrils, pointed tongue, chin, and forehead indicated. Arms rest on thighs, legs joined with three toes either foot. Perforation drilled front at centre top through scarf cut across rear.

Grey with shiny dark grey/black flaw on end of blade ant one side. Spatulate in shape, relatively narrow blade. Tapers to neck - no shoulders - and then expands to knobbed proximal end. 4 ridges (3 + central, proximal one which are flat between ridges. Hourglass perforation on handle inside of ridges.

Complete patu onewa. Ornamental grooves at butt. Drilled perforation at handle. Chip on blade edge.

Complete wooden pūtōrino. Bound at each end with harakeke strands; discolouration on the surface appears to indicate that there once were additional binding sites. Single mouth perforation on one side with rudimentary eyes carved onto surface and very two shallow koru radiating from centre below mouth. An unevenly set cross-shaped mark sits on top face above eyes. Surface has been varnished in the past but now worn. Two cracks running longitudinally on both sides with tape residue running along one.

Complete wooden pūtōrino. Bound with strands of harakeke at each end and at four places on the body. Tapered at the distal end, with a knobbed mouthpiece at the proximal end. Perforation at the centre on one side. Surface has been painted mid-brown. Two cracks running longitudinally on each side.

Complete kotiate paraoa. Has hole grip with light leather strap, hole in handle is straight drilled but has been burred on both sides. Several minor splits and a section broken off side of rau/distal end blade and also small gouge on back of handle. Light brown in colour, double manaia on butt/proximal end.