2025 Tuwhare Poetry Series: Tuwhare Pub Poetry

Go tell your racist jokes to some­one else (a line from a Tuwhare poem) was an apt name for the Pub Poet­ry ses­sion as part of the Tuwhare Poet­ry Series 2025. This was not a qui­et night of polite verse! It was poet­ry for the peo­ple at the beloved local Otepoti bar, Woof! — where poet­ry got loud, polit­i­cal and unapolo­get­i­cal­ly raw. Inspired by Hone Tuwhare’s fire-start­ing line, this was a pow­er­ful night of rev­el­ry. Host­ed by Otepoti local, Aaron Hawkins. with an amaz­ing line up of dead­ly poets: Dominic Hoey, Ati Teepa, Sih­le Ntuli, Liz Bres­lin, Isla Huia, Jess Hin­eran­gi and Nafu­na Pur­cell Kersel. 

Thanks to the best bar in Aotearoa, WOOF! for host­ing our evening. And thanks to our part­ners, Dunedin Writ­ers and Read­ers Fes­ti­val, the best lit­er­ary fes­ti­val in Aotearoa.