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Hone Tuwhare
New Zealand poet
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Tuwhare during his service with in Japan with J Force following the end of World War II | |
| Born | Hone Peneamine Anatipa Te Pona Tuwhare (1922-10-21)21 October 1922 Kaikohe, New Zealand |
| Died | 16 January 2008(2008-01-16) (aged 85) Dunedin, New Zealand |
| Occupation | Poet |
Hone Peneamine Anatipa Te Pona Tuwhare (21 October 1922 – 16 January 2008) was a noted MāoriNew Zealand poet.
He is closely associated with The Catlins in the Southland region of New Zealand, where he lived for the latter part of his life.
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Early years
Tuwhare was born in Kaikohe, Northland, into the Ngāpuhi tribe (hapū Ngati Korokoro, Ngāti Tautahi, Te Popoto, Te Uri-o-Hua). Following the death of his mother, his family shifted to Auckland, where Hone attended primary schools in Avondale, Māngere and Ponsonby. He apprenticed as a boilermaker with the New Zealand Railways and took night classes in Mathematics, Trade Drawing and Trade Theo Tuwhare, Hone - Encyclopedia.com XAKYX