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Patu
Club or pounder used by the Māori / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the Māori weapon. For other uses, see Patu (disambiguation).
For the New Zealand film, see Patu!
A patu is a club or pounder used by the Māori. The word patu in the Māori language means to strike, hit, beat, kill or subdue.[1]
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