mate whakarori tamariki
1. (noun) infantile paralysis, poliomyelitis.
Ko te take nui i hikitia ai tā rātou rā, kei runga i ngā whakatūpato a te Tari Ora mō te mate whakarori tamariki (TTT 1/3/1925:189). / The main reason that their day was postponed was due to the caution of the Health Department concerning infantile paralysis.
Synonyms: whakamemeke