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Biography: Tuwhare, Hone

Reading poetry to students

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In this Gaylene Preston-directed film, Hone Tuwhare reads poetry to a group of high-school students in about 1996. Tuwhare enjoyed the performance aspect of poetry readings and did many around the country.

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Gaylene Preston Productions

Reference: Hone Tuwhare [videorecording]. Producer, John Harris; Director, Gaylene Preston. Auckland: Greenstone Pictures, 1996

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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/video/29800/reading-poetry-to-students (accessed 25 June 2026).