2. (stative) be untied, untwisted, untangled.
Kua rīraparapa noa iho ngā makawe, kāore e matara ki te heru (W 1971:342). / The hair is in a tangled mass and can't be untangled with a comb.
3. (noun) distance.
He tika te mau o Ngāti Porou ki te nuinga o ō rātou whenua, te korenga i pau i te Pākehā te hoko, i te matara o tō rātou nā takiwā i ngā huarahi papatau o te Pākehā (TTT 1/8/1930:2120). / It's correct that Ngāti Porou retained most of their land and it was not sold to the Pākeha because their territory is quite distant from the sealed roads of the Pākehā.
