Taika Waititi's Inner Child - Interview Magazine

HUBERT: Do you see a larger shift in New Zealand, in terms of other artists embracing that weirdness?

WAITITI: We are a funny nation. We have a really good comedy scene; it’s just taken a while for us to recognize it’s OK to have our own voice. For a long time, our films were very derivative of American films. Whatever the latest in America, we would make it down there.