mate wira kore
1. (loan) (stative) be deceased intestate, die without leaving a will.
Ko Turutu i mate wira kore, nā reira i kī ai taua wahine (te kaipitihana) ko tana tamaiti te mea tika mō aua whenua (TJ 20/10/1898:14). / Turutu died intestate, so that woman (the petitioner) says that her child is the right one to inherit those lands.