for poetry: in 1998 for Shapeshifter, and in 2002 for Piggy Back Moon.
He was honoured as the Te Mata Poet Laureate in 1999, and held Auckland University, Hocken Library, and Burns Fellowships. In 2005 his poems were set to music by artists as diverse as Don McGlashan, Goldenhorse, and Whirimako Black.
from The Epoch Times: Tribute to Great NZ Poet Hone Tuwhare
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