List of New Zealand poets

This page is a list of New Zealand poets.

A

• Arthur Henry Adams (1872–1936)
• Fleur Adcock (born 1934)
• Rob Allan (born 1957)
• K O Arvidson (1938–2011)
• Tusiata Avia (born 1966)

B

• Serie Barford
• John Barr (1809–1889)
• Miriam Barr (born 1982)
• James K. Baxter (1926–1972)
• John Beaglehole (1901–1971)
• Ursula Bethell (1874–1945)^[1]
• Hera Lindsay Bird (born 1987)
• Paddy Blanchfield (1911–1980)
• Ivan Bootham (born 1939)
• Jenny Bornholdt (born 1960)
• Thomas Bracken (1843–1898)
• Charles Brasch (1909–1973)

C

• Alistair Campbell (1925–2009)
• Meg Campbell (1937–2007)
• Clyde Carr (1886–1962)
• Gordon Challis (born 1932)
• Glenn Colquhoun (born 1964)
• Walter D'Arcy Cresswell (1896–1960)
• Allen Curnow (1911–2001)

D

• John Dennison (born 1978)
• George E. Dewar (1895–1965)
• Basil Dowling (1910–2000)
• Eileen Duggan (1894–1972)

E

• Lauris Edmond (born 1924)
• Chris Else (born 1942)
• Riemke Ensing (born 1939)

F

• A. R. D. Fairburn (1904–1957)
• Fiona Farrell (born 1947)
• Gary Forrester (born 1946)
• Janet Frame (1924–2004)
• Ruth France (1913-1968)

G

• Ivy Gibbs (1886–1966)
• Denis Glover (1912–1980)
• Paula Green (born 1955)
• H. W. Gretton (1914-1983)

H

• Bernadette Hall (born 1945)
• William Hart-Smith (1911–1990)
• Rev. J. H. Haslam (1874–1969)
• Kathleen Hawkins (1883–1981)
• Joel Hayward (born 1964)
• Sam Hunt (born 1946)
• Rex Hunter (1888-1960)
• Robin Hyde (pen name of Iris Wilkinson; 1906–1939)

J

• Michael Jackson (born 1940)
• Andrew Johnston (born 1963)
• Tim Jones (born 1959)

K

• Simone Kaho (born 1978)
• Fiona Kidman (born 1940)

L

• Michele Leggott (born 1956)
• Terry Locke (born 1946)
• Roger Lusby ((born 1947)

M

• Bill Manhire (born 1946)
• Katherine Mansfield
• R. A. K. Mason (1905–1971)
• Gary McCormick
• Heather McPherson (1942-2017)
• Cilla McQueen (born 1949)
• Karlo Mila
• Barry Mitcalfe (1930–1986)
• Tze Ming Mok
• Count Geoffrey Potocki de Montalk (1903–1997)
• Michael J T Morrissey (born 1942)
• Alan Mulgan (1881–1962)
• John Mulgan (1911–1945)

N

• Marjory Lydia Nicholls

O

• Michael O'Leary (born 1950)
• Peter Olds (born 1944)
• W. H. Oliver (1925-2015)

P

• Mark Pirie (born 1974)
• Robert J. Pope (1865–1949)

R

• Harry Ricketts (born 1950)

S

• Rosie Scott (born 1948)
• William Sewell (1951-2003)
• Iain Sharp (born 1953)
• Courtney Sina Meredith (born 1986)
• Keith Sinclair (1922–1993)
• Elizabeth Smither (born 1941)
• Kendrick Smithyman (1922–1995)
• Laura Solomon (born 1974)
• C. K. Stead (born 1932)
• Jacqueline Sturm (1927-2009)
• Robert Sullivan (born 1967)

T

• Apirana Taylor (born 1955)
• Grace Taylor
• Brian Turner (born 1944)
• Selina Tusitala Marsh (born 1971)
• Hone Tuwhare (1922–2008)

W

• Arnold Wall (1869–1966)
• Ian Wedde (born 1946)
• Mark Williams (born 1951)
• Alison Wong (born 1960)
• Niel Wright (born 1933)

See also

• New Zealand literature
• List of New Zealand writers

External links

• Poetry New Zealand magazine
• The New Zealand Poetry Society
• Poetry Archive of New Zealand Aotearoa (PANZA) by Michael O'Leary

References