About Ani Hona
Lived 1938 – 1997 (aged 59). Ani Hona was a New Zealand writer.
Te Āniwaniwa Harepeka Nako Bosch (18 April 1938 – 29 June 1997) was a New Zealand Māori writer, poet and founding member of the Te Reo Māori Society. She published under the names Ani Hona and Te Aniwa Bosch.
Biography Te Āniwaniwa Harepeka Nako Hona was born in 1938 at Mahinepua in "her grandmother's wash house". She grew up near Whangaroa Harbour and her base marae was Ngātiruamahue. She married John Barnard Bosch. Te Maori, Pacific Moana Quarterly, and from India such as Ocarina. she began to collect and collate Tai Tokerau taonga including whakapapa and waiata.
Hona also worked as a translator for the Māori Land Court and the Alexander Turnbull Library. A biography of Sir Graham Stanley Latimer (unpublished) Sometimes both languages were published side-by-side.
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Who was Ani Hona?
Maori writer
When was Ani Hona born?
Ani Hona was born on 18 April 1938 in Stephenson Island.
When did Ani Hona die?
Ani Hona died on 29 June 1997.
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Ani Hona was a writer.
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Ani Hona was New Zealand.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Ani Hona. https://biography.guide/ani-hona/
MLA: "Ani Hona." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/ani-hona/.
Chicago: "Ani Hona." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/ani-hona/.
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