mate kitakita pirau
1. (noun) puerperal sepsis - an infection of the blood following childbirth.
Ko tētehi o ngā take matua i hemohemo ai ngā whāea taitamāhine ko te mate tērā e pā ki a rātou i te wiki tuaono i muri iho i te whānautanga, arā, te mate kitakita whakapirau (TTR 1996:144). / One of the main causes of the deaths of young mothers affecting them in the sixth week after childbirth was puerperal sepsis.