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Complete adze. Cross-section is rectangular, sides slightly rounded. Surface is ground. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, tapering towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade. Cutting edge is sharp and curved. Present on front and back; Otekaike River Oamaru.

Complete adze. Stone. Black, light brown. Cross-section of butt is semi-circular, back flattened. Cross-section of upper blade is triangular with apex to front, widening out to trapezoidal, with front narrower than back towards lower blade. Surface of lower blade is ground, bruised on all other surfaces. Major differentiation between butt and blade, front heavily reduced forming large shoulder. Ridge at poll end of butt, after which butt slopes down towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved, chipped on proper right side. Small sticker on poll; "E.171.8 / Duntroon / H. Uttley".

Complete adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground on bevel and front lower blade, flaked on other surfaces with some bruising on sides. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, front and sides tapers towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved, chipping along cutting edge.

Complete adze. Cross-section of blade is trapezoidal with back narrower than front, cross-section of butt is oval. Surface is ground on blade with some bruising on sides and back, bruised on butt. Major differentiation between butt and blade, sides reduced forming shoulder. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved, large chip missing from left side of cutting edge.

Complete unfinished adze. Two-toned grey stone. The cross-section is rectangular. The surface is mostly bruised and flaked. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. There is no obvious bevel. It is difficult to determine which is the front of the blade.

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.

Complete patu onewa, with no drill perforation. Edges are rough and butt tapered but not fully shaped.

Complete patu onewa with drill perforation, no differentiation between blade, handle and butt. Some chipping on edges of blade.

Frament of maro. The fibre is woven together, with two whenu (strands) forming diagonal ornamental lines.

Incomplete patu paraoa with no perforation. Butt and handle portion are missing from the patu. Surface has substantial cracking, scratching and chipping. Edges of blade also have chipping. Underside of the patu has a deep impression to the side of the blade, as-well as four other major chips primarily to the sides (light portions). Substantial cracking is also present on the underside.

Complete unfinished adze. Black stone. Lenticular cross-section. The surface is mostly flaked and bruised, with a ground bevel and front of the lower blade. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The bevel is demarcated by irregular lines that meet in the middle of the blade, forming a triangle. The bevel is slightly concave. The cutting edge is smooth, curved and sharp with some small chips. There is the remnants of a small piece of paper adhered to the front of the butt.

Complete adze. Cross-section is oval. Surface is mostly ground on front and back, with some large surface flake scars up butt, bruised on sides. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, proper left side reduced, while proper right sides tapers towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved. "Waitaki Valley" written on back.

Partial patu onewa, no perforation present. Blade portion and handle present. Blade is smooth and tapered towards handle/butt end, with some light bruising present. Light chipping on edges.

Complete sinker with faint transverse lashing groove.

Broken slate knife. All edges are broken. Both surfaces are ground. Flake scars on one surface.

Broken adze (butt remaining). Greywacke. Light grey, light brown. Cross-section is trapezoidal with back narrower than front. Surface is bruised. Sides of butt taper towards poll. Bevel and cutting edge not present. "Upper Waitaki" written on proper left.

Broken adze (blade remaining, though previously in 2 pieces, now fixed). Basalt. Mid grey, dark grey. Cross-section is asymmetrical. Surface is mostly ground, flaking on proper left of back and proper right side. Sides taper towards broken edge. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved, large chip on proper right side. "Waitaki" written on front.

Broken silcrete blade, proper left lateral margin of the proximal end remaining.

Broken silcrete blade, distal end remaining. There is bifacial retouch on the proper left lateral margin.

Silcrete flake. There is unifacial retouch on the lateral margin.