Hone Tuwhare

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Hone Tuwhare


Born
in Kaikohe, New Zealand
October 21, 1922

Died
January 16, 2008

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Hone Tuwhare was New Zealand’s most distinguished Maori poet writing in English. He was born in Kaikohe into the Nga Puhi tribe (hapu Ngati Korokoro, Ngati Tautahi, Te Popoto, Uri-o-hau). He began writing during his apprenticeship on the railways, where he became involved in trade unions. He was an organiser of the first Maori Writers and Artists Conference at Te Kaha in 1973 and participated in the Maori Land March of 1975. Tuwhare won two Montana NZ Book Awards, was Te Mata Poet Laureate, and held two honorary doctorates in literature. In 2003 he was among ten of New Zealand’s greatest living artists named as Arts Foundation of New Zealand Icon Artists. Tuwhare passed away in 2008.

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Shape-shifter

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Selected poems

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“people who walk around in the rain naked
don't get wet: they get washed”
Hone Tuwhare, Deep River Talk: Collected Poems

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