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Gallery - Albert Wendt

Description:: In this 1973 current affairs interview, Albert Wendt discusses his first novel Sons For the Return Home on the occasion of its publication. The Pacific Island Romeo and Juliet tale was a seminal exploration of Samoan migrant life in New Zealand. Wendt muses on the inspiration for his work; facing discrimination at school and from girlfriends' parents; the differences between NZ Samoans and Samoan Samoans; returning ‘home’, and the difficulty of finding the solitude to write in Samoa. Author Maurice Shadbolt praises the book at its launch. It would be adapted into a film in 1979.
Location:: Samoa
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By Sina | Te Papa Tongarewa | Te Whanganui a Tara | 4 Jul 2024

This is my Granddad Maualaivao Albert Wendt. This picture is especially meaningful because of the likeness between my brother Tehaa and my granddad as a young man.
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