Today I found a letter to the Editor of the Sunday Star Times [6 July 2014] page A14 on the subject.

Paragraph 2 relates to Maori Macrons [quote]

'I have lived and worked in many Maori schools and communities around the country and can tell you first hand that every tribe/sub-tribe have their own way of pronouncing Maori. Who is going to tell them which way is correct? I hate the latest fad of putting the stress on the last syllable. 'Real” Maori will tell you that the stress has never been on the last syllable and that 'Modern Maori” are making it up as they go!

The above letter to the Editor was signed by Betty Robb, Beach Haven.

Jan Hill, Tauranga