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en-wikipedia-org-4070		New Zealand literature - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	1890	349	53	New Zealand literature Wikipedia Find sources: "New Zealand literature" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (June 2008) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) 1 Early New Zealand literature Early New Zealand literature[edit] In the early nineteenth century Christian missionaries developed written forms of Polynesian languages including Māori language in New Zealand. Novelists Janet Frame, Patricia Grace, Albert Wendt, Maurice Gee and children's author Margaret Mahy, are prominent in New Zealand.[5] However, there is also a strong current of work written independently with little concern for international markets and having only a small readership, such as Ian Wedde's early novel Dick Seddon's Great Dive (1976). Foreskin's Lament is a notable New Zealand play about rugby culture by South Islander Greg McGee famous for its closing speech by the titular character. Anthology of New Zealand literature. New Zealand articles New Zealand English Categories: New Zealand literature	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-4070.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-4070.txt