2022 was a big year for the Tuwhare Trust. We completed the restoration of the crib and launched the inaugural Tuwhare Creative Residency. Our inaugural Tuwhare residency was new, and we took a developmental approach and leapt in boots and all with a big bold decision. To honour the legacy of Hone Tuwhare, the first residency was held by a collective of Maori creatives; artist and activist Tame Iti (Ngai Tuhoe, Te Arawa, Waikato); artist and writer Tracey Tawhiao (Ngai te Rangi, Whakatohea, Ngati Tuwharetoa) and poet and activist Ati Teepa (Tuhoe, Kai Tahu). Tame, Tracey and Ati have spent time at the crib in Kaka Point over the last 2 years and each, in their own way, have helped us to shape the newly developed Tuwhare Residency Programme that we will launch in 2025. We are so proud to have Tame, Tracey and Ati as our inaugural Tuwhare Fellows who will forever hold this special pou as part of the whakapapa of the Tuwhare Residency Programme. There’s more to come soon and we are excited to share more about the future of the Tuwhare Residency Programme. Stay tuned. Mauri Ora.
