The collected poems of New Zealand's best-loved poet in a handsome volume.
Born in 1922 in Kaikohe into the Ngapuhi tribe (hapu Ngati
Korokoro, Ngati Tautahi, Te Popoto, Uri-o-hau), Hone Tuwhare was a
boilermaker, political activist, husband and father, and poet. He
won two Montana New Zealand book awards, was made Te Mata Poet
Laureate in 1999, and held two honorary doctorates in literature.
In 2003 he was among ten of New Zealand's greatest living artists
named as Arts Foundation of New Zealand Icon Artists. Tuwhare died
in 2008.
Translators- Waihoroi Shortland of Ngati Hine and Te Aupouri
descent is a former member of the Department of Maori Affairs,
print and radio journalist, actor, film and television writer.
Selwyn Muru of Ngati Kuri, Te Aupouri, Te Paatu, Ngati Rehia,
Murikahara and Te Whakatohea is an artist, broadcaster, actor,
writer, film maker. Pat Hohepa of the Mahurehure sub-tribe of
Ngapuhi is an author, linguist, and academic. Formerly Professor of
Maori Studies at the University of Auckland, he achieved his PhD in
linguistics in the United States.
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