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Complete patu onewa, with no tau. Drill perforation present. Blade has moderate chipping along one edge. Patu is present in two pieces which have been glued back together very deftly. Butt has ornamental grooves across the top.

Complete wahaika rakau. It has a circular perforation that has been drilled and has a string tau. The head has carvings in the shape of a head with shell inlays for the eyes on both sides. It also has carvings on one side of the handle with shell inlays. Carvings run across the top of the butt until an overlapping notch on the other side. Both sets of carvings have chipped out gaps. It is well polished.

Complete wooden patu (club). The head has a hole drilled through it, with a split originating from the hole. The handle is formed by a reduction of the head, with minor demarcation for a grip at the end of the handle. There is no ornamentation.

Complete taiaha. Dark brown wood with surface worked smooth. One end has a large head and tongue carving, with a simplistic spiral pattern on the tongue. Blade flattens and flares out, with a lenticular cross-section. Some chips and notches on blade, possibly usewear?

Stone patu, black colouration, hole at handle end with 2-ply twisted twine tied through as a handle. Five incised lines at end of handle. Complete patu onewa, with drill perforation and fibre cord tau. Curved reke on the butt. Minor chipping on edge of blade on both sides. Blade smooth and highly polished.

Broken patu paraoa, butt of handle remaining. Bone is worn and porous.

Complete patu onewa. Ornamental incised marks on one side of the butt and on the proximal edge. Butt is squared off with indentation on either side edge. Perforation on handle drilled from both sides. Natural flaws in the stone running longitudinally along the blade and handle.

Back slightly concave. Sides of blade straight. Proximal (blade) edge rounded and damaged. Shoulders slight. Flattened in cross section. Butt - flattened with left side rounded projection and right side squared projection. Cortex of bone on back. complete, everything in place, no Tau.This Patu is in a relatively good condition, it is although, a bit weathered. The underside is covered with holes due to the natural structure of the bone. There is no hole for the Tau. The top of the blade is slightly chipped.

Cast of a patu onewa. Painted mid-grey on one side and black on the other. Butt flares out slightly on each side. Shoulders where the butt meets the blade. About mid-way down the blade, one side tapers in to the distal end. The other side of the blade is straight.

Complete patu paraoa (whale bone club). The handle is demarcated by a curved reduction of the blade. There is two curved ornamental reke (grooves) on the grip. A suspension hole is drilled in the handle, with flaking originating at the hole, reducing the back of the handle. There are surface fissures down the extent of the blade.

Complete patiti with iron axe-head and wooden handle. Surface of the handle is smooth. The butt flares out slightly, with a flattened edge and a straight drilled perforation. Sides of the handle are reduced at the distal end, where the axe-head is attached. Surface of the axe-head is somewhat rusted, with a stamp mark on one side. Blade flares out with a curved, sharp cutting edge.

Broken fragment of a patu paraoa, part of blade remaining.