mate ahotea
1. (noun) psychosis.
E ai ki te waonga ōna, nā tana matehuka i mate ahotea a ia, engari e taukumekume kē ana ngā kōrero whakaatu mai mehemea i te tino mārama ki a ia te āhua o āna mahi, kāore noa iho rānei (TTR 2000:11). / According to his defence, it was his diabetes that created a psychosis, but there was conflicting evidence as to whether he had been fully aware of the nature of his actions, or not.
2. (noun) stress related illness.
Nō konā ka puta ko te rawakore, tērā ko te mate ahotea me te huri kōaro i ā rātou tamariki (Te Ara 2015). / As a consequence poverty emerges and then they become stressed and less able to nurture their children.
