CORRESPONDENCE.
MAORI NAMES,
To the Editor,
Sir,—May 1 suggest that you should remonstrate as to the spoiling of some Maori names in your district, '' Mangahoa" is spolt both officially and otherwise, p r Bf}Omi9 B fii]® fetter spoiling, ana you will perpejveth'at you do not get tho liajne, the spund of which might bo otherwise represented by' 1 Jfangawha." ''Tjnui" is another name which ia constantly spe]fc feimi" t)ms making it meaningless, Tlnui, of course, means tho bit; cabbage treo—Tenui, tho big—which reduces tho name, if mis-spelt, to nonsense.
I am,' &0,, E. Koito,
[Our correspondent issearcely correct. Tho first name mentioned is not often misspelt, Many Maoris spell it "Mangahao." As to the second, the Post Office authorities are responsible for the alteration, Phey, like the Railway Department, have been guilty of com' mitting many absurdities of this kind. —Ed.W.D.]
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1907, 21 April 1885, Page 2
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141CORRESPONDENCE. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1907, 21 April 1885, Page 2
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