Witi Ihimaera

Professor Witi Tame Ihimaera-Smiler DCNZM QSM (usually known as Witi Ihimaera, born February 7, 1944) is a New Zealand author, often regarded as the most prominent Māori writer alive today.

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• Alas, being a New Zealander is such an exquisite dilemma.
  • Fulbright New Zealand Keynote speech, November 2005

• We bow only to the highest mountain.
  • The Rope of Man, epilogue, ISBN 0790008947