- Witi Tame
Ihimaera-Smiler
DCNZM QSM (/ˈwɪti ɪhiˈmaɪrə/; born 7
February 1944) is a New
Zealand author.
Raised in the
small town of Waituhi, he decided...
- The
Whale Rider is a 1987
novel by New
Zealand author Witi
Ihimaera. In 2002 it was
adapted into a film,
Whale Rider,
directed by Niki Caro. Set in the...
- John Collee,
based on the
novel Bulibasha: King of the
Gypsies by Witi
Ihimaera. It was
released as The
Patriarch outside New Zealand. The film
tells the...
- Prebble, and
Rachel House. It is
based on the
novella Medicine Woman by Witi
Ihimaera.
Regarded as an
excellent portrayal of
colonial oppression in New Zealand...
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directed by Niki Caro.
Based on the 1987
novel The
Whale Rider by Witi
Ihimaera, the film
stars Keisha Castle-Hughes as Kahu
Paikea Apirana, a twelve-year-old...
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Popoia pā, and as the
setting for
several novels and
short stories of Witi
Ihimaera.
Members of the Te Whānau-a-Kai Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki iwi (tribe) are the...
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created for the TV
series and
based on Oberon. New
Zealand author Witi
Ihimaera used Oberon's
hidden South Asian and
alleged Māori
heritage as the inspiration...
-
Sargeson and
Jacquie Sturm,
novelists Janet Frame,
Patricia Grace, Witi
Ihimaera,
Maurice Gee, Keri
Hulme and
Eleanor Catton,
poets James K. Baxter, Fleur...
- Warriors. The rural-set
drama was
based on the
novel Bulibasha by Witi
Ihimaera, and
starred Temuera Morrison, whom he had
earlier directed in Once Were...
- sheep-shearing
competition in 1982. His
uncle is the
prominent Māori
author Witi
Ihimaera who
wrote The
Whale Rider which became a film of the same name.
Lewis is...
