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While the term mere was, and is, used in some regions to refer exclusively to clubs made from pounamu, [1] in other regions, mere was more broadly used to refer to patu of a similar shape and design made from hardwood (meremere, mere rakau), whalebone (patu paraoa), or stone (patu ōnewa) – in these areas, a mere made from greenstone was known as a mere pounamu or patu pounamu.
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Maori decorated the patu by carving into the wood, bone or stone. Types of patu include: patu pounamu or mere: made from pounamu (greenstone). patu onewa: made of stone. These resemble the mere in outline but thicker, because the stone used was more easily broken than the resilient pounamu. patu paraoa: made of whale bone [2]
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Hatupatu fled, but she caught him, took him back to her cave, which was full of treasure, and made him live as her husband. [8] One day, Hatupatu decided to escape while she was out hunting. He killed her pet birds and lizards when they tried to warn her, so he killed them, but one bird, often said to be a riroriro , [ 9 ] escaped and told her ...
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