mātoro
1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to woo, visit, investigate.
I haere atu ratau i runga i te waka, tō rātau taenga atu ki uta ka puta mai te haunga ahi o uta, kātahi ka mātorotia ka kitea te whare (TPH 30/9/1901:6). / They went off on the canoe and when they reached land the smelt the smell off fire coming from inland, so they investigated and found the house.