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Biography: Tuwhare, Hone

Hone Tuwhare and Ralph Hōtere

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Hone Tuwhare and Ralph Hōtere

Hone Tuwhare talks to painter Ralph Hōtere (right) at a Māori writers’ and artists’ conference at Waahi marae, Huntly, in 1987. The two were close friends, and Hōtere’s illustrations enhanced the words in several of Tuwhare’s published collections.

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Janet Hunt. 'Tuwhare, Hone', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2020. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/29796/hone-tuwhare-and-ralph-hotere (accessed 5 July 2026).