2025 Tuwhare Poetry Series: Bingo! Everyone Smiles

The final event of the Tuwhare Poet­ry Series line up was, BINGO! Every­one Smiles, a much-need­ed chill Sun­day poet­ry ses­sion on the final day of the Dunedin Writ­ers and Read­ers Fes­ti­val pro­gramme. A thought­ful bin­go poet­ry event where the audi­ence were invit­ed to par­tic­i­pate by cre­at­ing their own bin­go poet­ry boards. Tak­ing a cue from Hone Tuwhare’s know­ing humour, our poets served up verse that was play­ful and thought­ful, full of sharp wit, unex­pect­ed joy, elec­tric lan­guage and when it hit…bin­go! Expert­ly host­ed by Otepoti-based the­atre pro­duc­er, H‑J Kilkelly.

As always, our for­ev­er thanks to the won­der­ful poets — Liz Bres­lin, Nafan­ua Pur­cell Kersel, Isla Huia, Sih­le Ntuli, Jess Hin­eran­gi and Jas­mine Taylor.

Spe­cial thanks to H‑J and Liz, friends of the Tuwhare Trust and weavers of magic.

Extra spe­cial thanks to Isla Huia the 2025 Te Pane Kaka o Tuwhare — Tuwhare Poet­ry Res­i­den­cy recip­i­ent, we are so proud to wel­come Isla into the Tuwhare Res­i­den­cy whanau. XX