Robert Sullivan in support at Hone Tuwhare’s Crib Opening, Kaka Point 21st Oct 2022
The Tuwhare Trust is sending a BIG MIHI AROHA to Robert Sullivan (Ngapuhi, Kai Tahu) today as he is handed the tokotoko of Aotearoa’s Poet Laureate to hold for the next three years (2025–2028). We are SO thrilled to hear this news. Robert is an extraordinary poet, storyteller and voice for our times. Nga mihi e hoa, Hone would be proud, we are all so very proud of you.
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The Hone Tuwhare Trust is proud and excited to announce the 2025–26 successful Tuwhare Residency Programme recipients.
Te Kaituhi o Tuwhare Creative Writing Resident is Nadine Hura (Ngapuhi, Ngati Hine, Pakeha).
Te Pane Kaka o Tuwhare Poetry Resident is Isla Huia (Te Ati Haunui-a-Paparangi, Uenuku).
Te Ringatoi o Tuwhare Creative Resident is Ashleigh Zimmerman (Kai Tahu).
It is a privilege and a pleasure to be able to support these artists through the Tuwhare Residency Programme, and to welcome them into our Tuwhare Trust whanau and wider creative community.
Orangatonutanga, aroha, te reo Maori and a deep contemplation of Te Taiao were themes throughout the successful applicants’ proposed plans for their residencies. It will be exciting to see the world through their creative lenses as a result of being resident in Hone Tuwhare’s crib at Kaka Point.
The residency programme not only honours Hone Tuwhare’s extraordinary literary legacy but also plays a vital role in fostering Maori and Aotearoa creative voices nationally. By elevating indigenous voices, our aim is to contribute to a richer, more expansive national cultural dialogue.
Previous Tuwhare Residencies have been held by Tame Iti (Ngai Tuhoe, Te Arawa, Waikato), Tracey Tawhiao (Ngai te Rangi, Whakatohea, Ngati Tuwharetoa) and Ati Teepa (Tuhoe, Kai Tahu).
Generous funding from Creative New Zealand and the Sargood Bequest has supported the Tuwhare Residency Programme and we are so very grateful.
Mauri Ora!!
Calling poets, creative writers and artists!!! The Tuwhare Trust is welcoming applications for the newly developed Tuwhare Residency Programme. We have 3 residencies available:
This opportunity gives 3 creatives — a poet, an artist and a creative writer — the chance to stay, write, think and create in Hone Tuwhare’s crib at Kaka Point. We invite you to explore these residencies and apply! Applications close June 1 2025.
The residencies are made possible with thanks to support from Creative New Zealand and The Sargood Bequest. The Tuwhare Trust is truly grateful for this as it enables us to support Aotearoa’s writers and creatives.
Head to this link Tuwhare Residency Programme — The Hone Tuwhare Charitable Trust to find out more — and apply.
Nau mai, haere mai koutou ma.
At the end of 2024 filming took place in Kaka Point to create a beautiful piece on the Tuwhare Crib as a Literary Homestead. It’s a simple and humble story about Hone Tuwhare — papa, koro, friend and poet who was and is deeply respected and loved by so many; whose mana continues to be felt throughout the country and whose poetry and literary legacy lives on for the next generation. Featured in the video are Rob Tuwhare (Trustee and Hone’s son), Manaia Hoani-Tuwhare (Hone’s granddaughter) and poet and friend of the Tuwhare Trust Ati Teepa.
Thanks to the Matatuhi Foundation in support of the Hone Tuwhare Legacy Project and the Amazing Homesteads team who turned Hone’s Literary Homestead into stunning visual storytelling.
You can view the story here at Homesteads
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.
