MAORI PLACE-NAMES.
CORRECT PRONUNCIATION.
SIR J. WARD NONPLUSSED.
[BY TELEGRAPH. OWN CORRESPONDENT MATAMATA, Tuesday.
That Sir Joseph Ward is unfamiliar with the place-names of the Tauranga electorate was evident during his address at Matamata last evening. He referred to his meeting at Waharoa, and described the place as Warkworth. His pronunciation of " Matamata " caused much merriment. The residents of the town and district pronounce the first and third syllables as " mat." Sir Joseph Ward used the long "a," with rather a quaint effect. It was noticed that the candidate did not attempt to refer to Turanga-o-moana, one of the polling places he had visited that day.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18354, 21 March 1923, Page 10
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