MAORI ON THE AIR.
Sir,-Isn’t "Pakeha Maori’s" outburst rather illogical and unreasonable?’ After all the Maori was monarch of all he surveyed only after he had killed off or driven out the original Swners, The treatment he has received from the British has been very different from his treatment of the Moriori. As far as I can gather the only helping hand the
Moriori got from the Maori was into the haangi, and there is very little trace left in this country of Moriori culture, while the Maori race is thriving and multiplying. Correct Maori pronunciation can be learned only after long and close association with Maoris, and even then, pronunciation and names vary according. to district. East Coast Maori differs from Taranaki Maori. Different vocal muscles are exefcised in Maori and English, and just as some sounds are difficult for our announcers, so do Maoris find difficulty with such names as John, William, Victoria, and Hannah (Hone, Wirimu, Wikitoria and Hunna). "Pakeha Maori" should bear with our announcers if théy fall short of his more practiséd standard-and where is his
toleration?
TENA
KOE
(Wellington),
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 19, Issue 484, 1 October 1948, Page 5
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