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mutunga kore

1. (modifier) endless, eternal, perpetual, infinite.

Ahakoa nā ngā whakatupuranga o mua i heke haere ai te rahi o ōna whenua i te mahi hokohoko me ngā rīhi mutunga kore, ko Hapi tonu te tino rangatira whai whenua i Waiwhetū tae noa pea ki te tau 1942 (TTR 1996:74). / Although the family estate had been reduced by previous generations through sales and perpetual leases, Hapi was the largest landowner at Waiwhetū perhaps until 1942.

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