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.

” Res­i­den­cies pro­vide writ­ers with peace, qui­et and unin­ter­rupt­ed time to work but, those held in authors’ his­toric homes offer some­thing more — con­nec­tions to the cre­ative wairua housed with­in their walls”

You can read the dig­i­tal edi­tion of Her­itage New Zealand here.

The Tuwhare Trust is excit­ed to announce that we are the recip­i­ents of Matatuhi Foun­da­tion fund­ing to sup­port the lit­er­ary lega­cy of Hone Tuwhare. This fund­ing will allow the Trust to extend our reach across the lit­er­ary land­scape both local­ly and nation­al­ly to show­case and cel­e­brate the endur­ing lega­cy of Hone Tuwhare. Our sin­cere thanks to the Matatuhi Foun­da­tion for their gen­er­ous sup­port. We will pro­vide more updates on our Hone Tuwhare Lega­cy Project in the com­ing weeks and months. Link here for more infor­ma­tion about the Matatuhi Foun­da­tion.

Nga Mihi!