The Pakeha's Way.

But much of the beauty of such names is lost by mispronunciation. How often we hear our names mutilated by public speakers. I have heard radio lecturers (not the announcers, who are usually schooled in correct use of Maori names) confidently utter quite atrocious words. People with a University degree, and other speakers with letters after their names, are frequent offenders in this respect. They have a perfect genius for placing the accent on the wrong syllable. I have heard an M.A. pronounce Maketu “Ma-kee-tu,” with the stress on the “kee,” and Orakau as if it were “Orra-kau.” A little schooling in the Maori alphabet and phonetics and the placing of accents should be required before the orators go on the air.