Barbara Sorry, no help with your particular question but thought I would mention a very interesting book I'm currently reading in case you haven't seen it yet - Matters of the Heart - A History of Interracial Marriage in New Zealand, author Angela Wanhalla, publ. Auckland UP 2013, ISBN 9781869407315 This may beuseful reading on the whole topic and it does have a brief mention of William and Makareta (p55) with a footnote naming a file in the Old land Commission files regarding his land claim Regards Judith Harper On 3/07/2014 9:53 a.m., truelearner@ihug.co.nz wrote: > Apologies to start with if I cannot explain myself too well. I do not > wish to offend anyone just trying to understand how I as the european > side of the family can follow through on the Maori side, without turning > totally grey. > > My Gundry family starting with William Richardson GUNDRY second > marriage to Margaret (Makareta) RAUTANGI. Some of their children married > into Maori families - for example William John Gundry married Keterina > TAKOTO. When I start searching for their siblings etc I often find them > with two 'names' at various stages, a european & a maori (so I always > have to think outside of the square say Katrinia, catherine etc & with > different spellings). When using the maori name they seem to change it > around eg the surname becomes their first name, or it is something > totally different altogether. > How can I understand who I am looking for & more importantly where do I > start looking for them. They don't often show up under NZ Births Deaths > & marriages with the maori name but I know of their existence through > other family members. Sometimes they didn't take on the Maori form of > their name until the european parent had passed on, was this common? > I did find a site on line, but feel embarrassed that I may not be > explaining myself correctly that I haven't asked this question on line > (mind you the site asked more of where they originated from & then went > into details that way) > This type of 'mystery' isn't just on one side of the family, but I have > used this line as my bases. > > My question is: Is there an easy/simple way of understanding the naming > pattern for the Maori side of the family? > > Barbara > > > The List Guidelines > > http://new-zealand-l.blogspot.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NEW-ZEALAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >