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Poet Hone Tuwhare was born in the far north, near Kaikohe, but forced by poverty to leave as a child. "75 years after Hone Glenn Colquhoun (doctor, poet, Tuwhare fan) wrote a poem in the Listener inviting him back." Hone accepted the invitation and this documentary is a record of his March 2002 Hokianga homecoming, taking in song, readings and plenty of laughs and kai moana. Silver-haired Tuwhare is irresistible, crooning Sinatra, charming school children with bawdy jokes or channelling the fire of his most famous poem: "For this is no mere axe to blunt!"
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Television, 1981 (Full Length Episode)
Poet Hone Tuwhare reflects on life and influences
Short Film, 1979 (Full Length)
A documentary on Māori poetry featuring Hone
Short Film, 1948 (Full Length)
Hokianga Special Medical Area in 1948
Television, 2001 (Full Length Episode)
Documentary featuring poet Hone Tuwhare and other artists
Festivals
2004 New Zealand International Film Festival
NZ ON SCREEN 2013
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