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Pounamu - Āpirana Ngata 1874 - 1950
Television (Full Length Episode) – 1990
It was commonly said at the time, if the Māori had numbered millions instead of thousands, Ngata would have been as great as Gandhi.– Jock McEwan, former secretary of Māori Affairs
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