Books from Kiwi authors are lauded globally, so why aren’t more of them on screen?

By Mark Broatch
New Zealand Listener·
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Books from Kiwi authors are lauded globally, so why aren’t more of them on screen?
Books from Kiwi authors are lauded globally, so why aren’t more of them on screen?

Of the top 20 films that have made the most money at the New Zealand box office, a fair chunk of them have come from books – Hunt for the Wilder­people, Once Were Warriors, Whale Rider, What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?, Footrot Flats: The Dog’s Tale, In My Father’s .

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