Mitre 10 raises $92,000 for Hone Tuwhare Trust

By Noel Waite | Posted:

Charity auction generosity contributes towards building new creative residence. 

The money raised will be used to restore Hone’s crib in Kaka Point and takes the Trust a significant step toward achieving its goal of establishing the first creative residency in the home of a Māori author. Trust Chair, Dr Noel Waite said 

“The Trust is very grateful for the generosity of Mitre 10, as it will enable us to undertake much needed repairs and maintenance on Hone’s crib. Mitre 10’s commitment to building is a good fit with the Trust’s commitment to building a sustainable creative future for New Zealand.” 

The auction is a regular feature of the annual Mitre 10 Awards Night, which was held at the Langham Hotel in Auckland on 23 July 2015 following a 2-day trade expo.

Hone’s poem 'Papa-tu-a-nuku’ was used in Dunedin’s UNESCO bid, and one of Hone’s poems will also be translated into Polish and projected on a wall in fellow UNESCO Creative City of Literature, Krakow as part of the eMultipoetry project.