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Rowley Habib (Rore Hapipi)

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 Rowley Habib (Rore Hapipi)

 Rowley Habib (Rore Hapipi)
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Rowley Habib (Rore Hapipi)

Rowley Habib — also known as Rore Hapipi — is one of the first writers to bring a genuinely Māori perspective to New Zealand stage and screen. His play Death of the Land is seen as a landmark in the development of Māori theatre. In 1983 Habib won a Feltex Award for land rights drama The Protestors, part of a trio of pioneering one-off plays for television.

I had the problem that nobody wanted to touch Māori theatre with a ten-foot pole. A hundred-foot pole really. 
 
 

Screenography

Screenography
 Role/s
 Open House

Open House

Writer

1986

 Loose Enz - The Protesters

Loose Enz - The Protesters

Writer

1982

 The Gathering

The Gathering

Writer

1979

 Death of the Land

Death of the Land

Writer

1978

 Te Tutakinga o Nga Awa e Rua

Te Tutakinga o Nga Awa e Rua

Subject
Writer

1977

 Review, Hone Tuwhare

Review, Hone Tuwhare

Subject

1975

 Tihe Mauriora

Tihe Mauriora

Writer

1973


The titles listed here may not reflect this person's full screenography. These are only the titles that are included in or referenced by this site.

Awards

1983 New Zealand Feltex Awards
Best Script: for The Protestors