mate taipō piwa
1. (loan) (noun) typhoid, typhoid fever.
Nō te tau 1940, i muri i te putanga mai o ngā pūrongo o te mate taipō piwa, ko te minita Māori, ko Frank Langstone tēnā e whai kupu ana, arā, mā te kāwhaki e whakamarara te hau kāinga (TTR 1996:167). / In 1940, after reports of typhoid, Native Minister Frank Langstone was talking of using force to disperse the community.