Went to Te Aute Rowley stayed at primary school—‘for lack of anything better to do’—until he was almost 16. Then he went to Te Aute for a couple of years. ‘At Te Aute I was thrown together with young Maoris from all over the country—I could go almost anywhere in New Zealand, Rowley Habib, from Oruanui near Taupo, is one of the most promising of the younger Maori writers. In the last few years he has published many short stories, poems and articles, some in ‘Te Ao Hou’ and some in other periodicals. At present he is working on a novel. and I'll bet you I'll meet someone I was at school with, or someone who knows someone.’ These contacts, and the friends he made, had a great influence on him. ‘I was always a shy and rather reserved person and I wouldn't otherwise have made, on my own, the friends and acquaintances that I know today. At Te Aute, living so close together, I was forced to mix, I had no option. With all due respect to my old school this is the one thing that I can say that I am really grateful to the place for.’
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Te Ao Hou, June 1964, Page 14
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