I te tau 1975 ka whai wāhi atu a Hone Tuwhare ki tētahi tāpoinga kawenga nui ki Aotearoa a te Kaunihera Toi a Ngāi Tauira, i te taha o ētahi atu kaitito toikupu tokotoru, ki te toro i ētahi kura e 45 me ētahi kura tuatoru e 20, 13 ā rātou tūnga tūmatanui. Kī pai ana ngā whare i te tangata i ētahi wāhi maha, ka mutu, i tino paingia a Tūwhare me te papai o ngā kōrero i puta mōna. Ko tētahi o ngā kaitito toikupu ko te kairipoata rangatira, te kaituhi, te kaitito toikupu, a Denis Glover, i uiuia nei rāua ko Tuwhare e te Evening Post i a rāua e haere ana mā Te Whanga-nui-a-Tara i te Āperira 1975.