The Tuwhare Trust is proud to announce Tame Iti, Tracey Tawhiao and Ati Teepa as recipients of the inaugural Tuwhare Creative Residency at Kaka Point.
The opening of Hone’s crib at Kaka Point on October 21, 2022, marked the 100th Birthday of Hone Tuwhare. It also marked the beginning of an exciting future for the Tuwhare Trust as we embarked on the next chapter of our journey to celebrate the Hone Tuwhare legacy through the Tuwhare Residency programme.
The first residency the Trust has developed as part of our residency programme is the Tuwhare Creative Residency, it is the first residency to be developed in Aotearoa in the home and name of a Maori writer and artist.
Tuwhare Trust Chair, Jeanette Wikaira says “as the inaugural Tuwhare creative residents, a Tame Iti, Tracey Tawhiao and Ati Teepa collaboration brings together intergenerational, multidisciplinary, experienced, and highly creative like minds. Tame, Tracey and Ati have collaborated over many years, they draw deeply from the Maori world, bringing together the poetics of Maori thinking with politically searing insight”.
The Tuwhare Trust is honoured to award Tame, Tracey and Ati this special inaugural residency and support their work in Hone’s home at Kaka Point, to bring indigenous storytelling to the world.
Nga mihi mahana.