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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 ()21 October Kaikohe, New Zealand |
| Died | 16 January () (aged&#;85) Dunedin, New Zealand |
| Occupation | Poet |
Hone Peneamine Anatipa Te Pona Tuwhare (21 October &#; 16 January ) 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.
Hone tuwhare biography for kids
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 Theory at Seddon Memorial Technical College (–41