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A fact from Mere (weapon) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 9 November 2010 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that a Mere (held by a Māori woman in picture), which was made from jade, could be used to split a man's head open?

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It may be nice to have a photo perhaps? 75.17.209.129 04:44, 14 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Done (at long last :)) Sladew (talk) 09:32, 10 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Well it got over 14,000 hits on the day. Very well done Victuallers (talk) 11:07, 10 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the help, Victuallers. I'm quite pleased with the DYKs. Sladew (talk) 10:16, 12 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

other Maori weapons/clubs[edit]

I think there should be an entry about Maori weapons, linked also to "club (weapon)". Other examples include taiaha, patu, wahaika, tewhatewha. I'm a newbie so leave this to someone else. I came across information about these weapons while translating for a museum in the Netherlands. djdutch 14 September 2006

club = mere?[edit]

Recent edit: You need to explain more I think here. You object to it being called a club because this was based on peoples impressions. Can you explain why you think this is incorrect. What do you think the word club means? I think that clubs and meres are used for breaking skulls - why is a mere different? Have you got a source? Victuallers (talk) 21:56, 28 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]