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Oct 20 2022

Tuwhare100 – Tribute to Hone Tuwhare on his 100th Birthday at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery.

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On Thursday 20 October 2022 the Tuwhare Trust and The Dunedin Public Art Gallery partnered to pay tribute to Hone Tuwhare on the eve of his 100th birthday. Whanau and friends of Hone Tuwhare came together for a special evening of reminiscing and poetry with special guests Rob Tuwhare, Cilla McQueen and Tame Iti in conversation with Jeanette Wikaira from the Tuwhare Trust and joined by guest poets and artists, Tracey Tawhiao, Ati Teepa and Manaia Tuwhare-Hoani.

This is a great photo from the evening, of Manaia Tuwhare-Hoani performing her poetry for her Great Grandfather. It was a special evening.

Very special thanks to DPAG for making this event possible and for their on-going support of the Tuwhare Trust.

Nga mihi mahana.

Dec 01 2020

Hotere.

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Hone Tuwhare and Ralph Hotere were good friends; their independent artistic careers united by a shared concern for human rights and injustice.  There was a mutual respect and moments of cross-pollination between the work of each. Hotere drew on Tuwhare’s poems in several of his paintings, also contributing cover designs for a number of Tuwhare’s volumes of poetry.  In 1970 Tuwhare released the book Come Rain Hail, which included the poem Hotere – a reflection on art, friendship, time and space. In November 2020 the Dunedin Public Art Gallery opened the exhibition RALPH HOTERE: ATETE (to resist) and published the poem Hotere on the Gallery’s BIG WALL

Tuwhare Trustees Rob Tuwhare and Jeanette Wikaira attended the exhibition opening, it was a very special evening and a breathtaking exhibition.

Photo: Hone Tuwhare and Ralph Hotere. Photograph by Gil Hanly. Private Collection.

Oct 28 2020

Dunedin Public Art Gallery: Restoring Hone Tuwhare’s Crib

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On Thursday 29 October | 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM Jeanette Wikaira, Chair of the Tuwhare Trust will give a talk at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery about the journey of restoring the Tuwhare Crib at Kaka Point. 

Jeanette Wikaira, Chair of the Hone Tuwhare Charitable Trust, will talk about the restoration of Tuwhare’s crib at Kaka Point and the Trust’s hopes in developing the new writers’ and artists’ residency celebrating the ‘people’s poet’ Hone Tuwhare (1922-2008).

Image Credit: Hone Tuwhare outside his crib at Kaka Point. Photo courtesy of the Otago Daily Times.

Oct 21 2020

Tuwhare Foyer Exhibition at the Hocken Collections

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For Hone’s 98th birthday, staff at the Hocken Collections have curated an intimate little hari huri tau exhibition. The exhibition is in the foyer of the Hocken, you can listen to Hone reading his poems from No Ordinary Sun, and see his many beautiful, published works on display until Saturday 7 November. Thank you, Hocken Collections!

Aug 03 2020

Contacting us…

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If you want to get in touch with the Hone Tuwhare Trust, please email tuwharetrust@gmail.com

All copyright and publishing rights for Hone Tuwhare poems are held by Rob Tuwhare on behalf of the Estate of Hone Tuwhare. For permission to reprint, perform, or display Hone’s work please email HoneTuwharePoetry@gmail.com

Nga mihi!