Allen Duff

Legendary Māori novelist Alan Duff believes social welfare is “robbing” tangata whenua of self-dignity and enabling a victim mentality that perpetuates the

Alan Duff (born October 26, 1950, Rotorua, New Zealand) is a New Zealand novelist and newspaper columnist, most well known as the author of Once Were Warriors.

Duff, Alan (1950– ), is a novelist, newspaper columnist, polemicist and cultural phenomenon. Son of scientist Gowan Duff and Kuia Hinau (of Ngāti Rangitihi and

Alan Duff is a novelist, columnist, advocate and businessperson. His first published novel, Once Were Warriors, was a critical and commercial success,

Alan Duff, son of a Maori mother and a European father, was born in Rotorua, New Zealand, in 1950. He grew up in a public housing estate.