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Haurongo: Moodabe, Joseph Patrick rāua ko Moodabe, Michael Joseph

Joseph Patrick Moodabe holds a painting of his brother, Michael Joseph Moodabe

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Joseph Patrick Moodabe holds a painting of his brother, Michael Joseph Moodabe

The Moodabe brothers worked together to build a cinema empire in Auckland but were in many ways opposites: Michael ('MJ'), short and heavily built, was a born showman; while Joseph ('JP'), slim and even shorter, was reticent and cautious by nature.

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Michael Moodabe. 'Moodabe, Joseph Patrick rāua ko Moodabe, Michael Joseph', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1998, whakahou July 2019. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/2596/joseph-patrick-moodabe-holds-a-painting-of-his-brother-michael-joseph-moodabe (accessed 4 June 2026).