"w:Pākehā television writers are afraid to write realistic parts for Māori characters. Māori are down in the dirt in real life and we have to show them like that on television"
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Rore Hapipi
Rore Hapipi also known as Rowley Habib was a playwright, poet and TV writer and one of the pioneers of modern literary expression by Māori
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