SPELLING OF WHANGAREI
Sir,-As one born in. Whangarei and a grandson of one of the first settlers, James Main, I afh interested in this controversy. The first rate book and ledger of Whangarei have been in my family’s possession since 1868, and record relevant matters since 1850. The old official books give different spellings on different dates to 1868. Until 1866 rates were paid to the WANGAREI Highway Trust, in 1867 to the WHANGAREI Trust, and in 1868 to the WANGAREI Trust-the last entry. The ledger also records that the WANGAREI Highway Trustees in 1862 used a room for their meetings in the WHANGARIE hotel, and paid 2/6 room hire. So there are three different forms of spelling in the old official ledger, whether by mistake or otherwise. My grandparents, who settled in Whangarei in the early 1850s, always spelt it WANGAREI, but, like the early missionaries, pronounced ‘it WONG-A-REE. My father, who spoke Maori fluently, told me the correct Maori pronunciation of Whangarei is FONG-AH-
RAY,
ALEX
MAIN
(Remuera).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 30, Issue 777, 11 June 1954, Page 5
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170SPELLING OF WHANGAREI New Zealand Listener, Volume 30, Issue 777, 11 June 1954, Page 5
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