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  <name><![CDATA[Witi Ihimaera]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[Wata Ihimaera is a novelist and short story writer from New Zealand, perhaps the best-known Māori writer today.  He is internationally famous for &lt;i&gt;The Whale Rider&lt;/i&gt;.]]></about>        <born_at>02/07/1944</born_at>    
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Whale Rider]]></title>
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  <published>1988</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Nights in the Gardens of Spain]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Witi Ihimaera]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Pounamu Pounamu]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Witi Ihimaera]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Uncle's Story]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Witi Ihimaera]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Bulibasha King of the Gypsies]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Witi Ihimaera]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Tangi (Pacific Writers Series)]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Witi Ihimaera]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Rope of Man]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Witi Ihimaera]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[New Net Goes Fishing: Short Stories]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Witi Ihimaera]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Matriarch]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Witi Ihimaera]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Dream Swimmer]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Witi Ihimaera]]></name>
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