Tuwhare, Hone (1922–2008)

New Zealand poet. His first collection, No Ordinary Sun (1964), established him as the leading Maori poet in English. He became New Zealand's poet laureate in 1999 and published the collection Piggy-back Moon in 2002.

Tuwhare drew his inspiration from Eastern European poets like Vladimir Mayakovsky and Jan Neruda, and from traditional Maori chants and laments. Other collections are Come Rain Hail (1970), Sapwood and Milk (1972), and Something Nothing (1973).