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Hone TuwhareNga PuhiPoet
(1922 - 2008)

Hone is often described as having brought an exciting new dimension to New Zealand poetry: his voice communicated a distinctly Maori perspective marked by a lyrical response to the landscape.

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  • Hone Tuwhare
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  • Small Holes in the Silence: Collected Poems
  • Tuwhare Trust established
Events
  • The Arts Foundation presents The Wynyard Quarter Arts Series
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 NZ On Screen;
Hone Tuwhare Charitable Trust;
NZ Book Council;
The Guardian - obituary by Alastair Campbell

The Arts Foundation presents The Wynyard Quarter Arts Series
Visitors to Auckland’s newly developed Wynyard Quarter on the Auckland Waterfront enjoyed a series of free arts events presented by the Arts Foundation from 25 November to 11 December, 2011.
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Small Holes in the Silence: Collected Poems
22 Jun 2011
'Small Holes in the Silence, Collected Poems' by Hone Tuwhare (Icon) will be released by Random House on 15 July.
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On becoming an Icon (!)
2003
From Oooooo.....!!! a collection of Hone Tuwhare Poems, Published by Steele Roberts Publishers and written by Hone following the 2003 Icon Awards.
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Tuwhare Trust established
28 Jul 2010
Hone Tuwhare moved to Kaka Point in 1992 and lived in a modest seaside crib there until his death in Dunedin, in January 2008, aged 85. The recently established Hone Tuwhare Trust proposes establishing the crib into a creative residency.
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