He loved them deeply, but sometimes love becomes a power game between the ambitions that parents have for their children and the ambitions that child… - Witi Ihimaera

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He loved them deeply, but sometimes love becomes a power game between the ambitions that parents have for their children and the ambitions that children have for themselves. (p66)

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About Witi Ihimaera

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

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Native Name: Witi Tame Ihimaera-Smiler
Alternative Names: Witi Tame Ihimaera
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When I began to write in the 1970s there were three women I considered my elders: Katerina Mataira, Arapera Blank and Jacquie Sturm. They were like spinners working on a loom and their great triumph, together with that of Hone Tuwhare and Patricia Grace, was to begin spinning the tradition from which all contemporary Maori writers come.

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