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Patu means "weapon, kill" and Kawenga means "burden". This was the name of the Senior Ngati Mutunga Chief Patukawenga (d. 1836-1837?) who was one of the chiefs who invaded what is now Chatham Islands in 1835 before enslaving and committing genocide against the Moriori population.