Witi Ihimaera, la voix des Maoris de Nouvelle-Zélande

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Witi Ihimaera, la voce dei maori

Witi Ihimaera, głos nowozelandzkich Maorysów

La voz de los maoríes de Nueva Zelanda

<p>Te Ika a Maui, the North Island of New Zealand, is said to have been plucked from the Pacific by the demigod Maui. Writer Witi Ihimaera’s fiction is filled with the myths of the Maori people, with his novels reaching an international audience.</p>

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