Rore Hapipi

"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"

"All the Māori on Open House are so nice, nice, nice"

"I found I couldn't write about imaginary things, they had no interest for me."

"Praised in the deserts of Tobruk,"

"Yes, this is where they came from, the men in khaki,"

"Habib later met Māori actor and film director Don Selwyn at teachers' college. When Selwyn got involved with the Māori Theatre Trust in the 60s, Habib began coming along to rehearsals. He encouraged Selwyn to direct, weary of watching Pākehā directors telling Māori actors how to play Māori"