Hone Tuwhare : a biography / Janet Hunt.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-195) and index.

Introduction -- Acknowledgements -- 1 : Green-leaved anguish -- 2 : Oyster-studded roots -- 3 : Send a kumara or a book -- 4 : I like working near a door -- 5 : The bright enhaloed cloud -- 6: And I laid siege to lips -- 7 : Silence as profound as stars -- 8 : A ripple of words -- 9 : A tumble stumble-footed course -- 10 : Thrusts as sweet as apple-eden -- 11 : Elusive fragrance -- 12 : A red libation -- 13 : Fragmented my soul lies -- 14 : Hurdle the oceans, horse -- 15 : Rhubarb-rhubarb -- 16 : The land wriggles in delight -- 17 : I wouldn't like to die when the sky's black -- 18 : The candle guts out almost drowning -- 19 : I can't read the score from here. must be in German -- 20 : Your talk, your whizz your buzz -- 21 : Dear brown bear city, I love you -- 22 : Welcome home, traveller haere mai -- 23 : I think I shall live -- References -- Bibliography -- Index.

Shaped around a biographical framework and illustrated with his poetry and contemporary and historical photographs, this book looks at the life of Hone Tuwhare, boilermaker, political activist, husband, father and writer.