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Biography: Tuwhare, Hone

Hone Tuwhare, 1986

Hone Tuwhare, 1986

By 1986 Hone Tuwhare was nationally recognised as a leading poet. He had published seven collections, and received several fellowships. A further six collections were to follow, and the honours became even more prestigious in the following two decades.

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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/29798/hone-tuwhare-1986 (accessed 24 June 2026).