Hinauri Tribole was born in Whakapara and grew up in Whangaruru South. She worked as a school teacher in Ruatahuna. In the 1960s she studied at the University of Utah where she attended three creative writing workshops. In 1980 she presented three papers to the World Conference of Records in Salt Lake City. She has now retired from a teaching career. She lived with her husband Bill Tribole, now deceased, in Bountiful, Utah, where they have hosted many New Zealand tours in a voluntary capacity. Her work has appeared in Te Ao Hou, New Zealand Home Journal, and the CBS Times (Canada). She has written three works which are still in manuscript form: About Face, a novel; a collection of short stories; and Reflections, a collection of poetry. She writes constantly but much of her work remains unpublished. She is currently working on a work entitled "Celebration".
Biographical sources
- Phone conversation with Hinauri Tribole on 7 Apr. 1998.
- "The Utah Marae: A Unique Sense of Belonging." Te Māori [1980]: 20-21.
- Into the World of Light: An Anthology of Māori Writing. Ed. Witi Ihimaera and D. S. Long. Auckland, N.Z.: Heinemann, 1982. 97.
Children's literature
- An Apple for the Teacher. New Zealand Dept. of Education.
Fiction
- "The Offering." Into the World of Light: An Anthology of Māori Writing. Ed. Witi Ihimaera and D. S. Long. Auckland, N.Z.: Heinemann, 1982. 95-97.
- A story of Rererangi’s fishing excursion.
- "Hemresan." Mellan Tva Varldar: Prosaantologi Med Māori Forfattare. Ed. Bengt Dagrin. [Sweden]: Forfattares Bokmaskin, 1982. 70-73.
- This story entitled "Heading Home" in English was translated into Swedish and published in Mellan Tva Varldar: Prosaantologi Med Māori Forfattare, a collection of work by Māori writers.
Performing Arts
- "Ord - Och Begreppsforklaringer." Mellan Tva Varldar: Prosaantologi Med Māori Forfattare. Ed. Bengt Dagrin. [Sweden]: Forfattares Bokmaskin, 1982. 162.
Other
- "The Utah Marae: A Unique Sense of Belonging." Te Māori (Feb./Mar. [1980]): 20-21.