List of New Zealand poets

This page is a list of New Zealand poets.

A–E

Arthur Henry Adams (1872–1936)
Fleur Adcock (born 1934)
Rob Allan (born 1945)
Rosetta Allan (living
Michele Amas (1961–2016)
Isobel Andrews (1905–1990)
K O Arvidson (1938–2011)
Sylvia Ashton-Warner (1908–1984)
Tusiata Avia (born 1966)
Hinemoana Baker (born 1968)
Serie Barford (living)
Mary Anne Barker (Lady Barker) (1831–1911)
John Barr (1809–1889)
Miriam Barr (born 1982)
Blanche Baughan (1870–1958)
James K. Baxter (1926–1972)
Arthur Baysting (1947–2019)
Airini Beautrais (born 1982)
Marlene J Bennetts (born 1938)
Ursula Bethell (1874–1945)
Graham Billing (1936–2001)
Victor Billot (living)
Hera Lindsay Bird (born 1987)
Paddy Blanchfield (1911–1980)
Arapera Blank (1932–2002)
Ivan Bootham (1939–2016)
Jenny Bornholdt (born 1960)
Michael Botur (born 1984)
Thomas Bracken (1843–1898)
Charles Brasch (1909–1973)
Diana Bridge (born 1942)
Bub Bridger (1924–2009)
Diane Brown (born 1951)
Audrey Brown-Pereira (born 1975)
Rachel Bush (1941–2016)
Bernard Cadogan (born 1961)
Kate Camp (born 1972)
Alistair Te Ariki Campbell (1925–2009)
Meg Campbell (1937–2007)
Clyde Carr (1886–1962)
John Caselberg (1927–2004)
Gordon Challis (born 1932–2018)
Janet Charman (born 1954)
Kate Clark (1847–1926)
Geoff Cochrane (born 1951)
Glenn Colquhoun (born 1964)
Jennifer Compton (born 1949)
Kay McKenzie Cooke (born 1953)
Violet May Cottrell (1887–1971)
James Courage (1903–1963)
Mary Cresswell (born 1937)
Walter D'Arcy Cresswell (1896–1960)
Majella Cullinane (living)
Allen Curnow (1911–2001)
Ruth Dallas (1919–2008)
Jackie Davis (born 1963)
Leigh Davis (1955–2009)
Geoffrey Potocki de Montalk (1903–1997)
Stephanie de Montalk (born 1945)
Elena de Roo (living)
John Dennison (born 1978)
George E. Dewar (1895–1965)
Bill Direen (born 1957)
Alfred Domett (1811–1887)
Basil Dowling (1910–2000)
Sam Duckor-Jones (born 1982)
Marilyn Duckworth (born 1935)
Eileen Duggan (1894–1972)
Cathie Dunsford (born 1953)
Lynley Edmeades (living)
Lauris Edmond (1924–2000)
David Eggleton (born 1952)
Chris Else (born 1942)
Riemke Ensing (born 1939)
Margaret Escott (1908–1977)

F–M

A. R. D. Fairburn (1904–1957)
Fiona Farrell (born 1947)
Joan Fleming (born 1984)
Gary Forrester (born 1946)
Janet Frame (1924–2004)
Ruth France (1913–1968)
Anne French (born 1956)
Kathleen Gallagher (born 1957)
Rhian Gallagher (born 1961)
Ivy Gibbs (1886–1966)
Ruth Gilbert (1917–2016)
Denis Glover (1912–1980)
Paula Green (born 1955)
H. W. Gretton (1914–1983)
Russell Haley (1934–2016)
Bernadette Hall (born 1945)
William Hart-Smith (1911–1990)
Siobhan Harvey (born 1973)
J. H. Haslam (1874–1969)
Dinah Hawken (born 1943)
Kathleen Hawkins (1883–1981)
Joel Hayward (born 1964)
Helen Heath (born 1970)
Dominic Hoey (born 1977)
Jeffrey Paparoa Holman (born 1947)
Ani Hona (1938–1997)
David Howard (born 1959)
Keri Hulme (1947–2021)
Sam Hunt (born 1946)
Rex Hunter (1888–1960)
Robin Hyde (pen name of Iris Wilkinson; 1906–1939)
Kevin Ireland (born 1933)
Anna Jackson (born 1967)
Michael Jackson (born 1940)
Lynn Jenner (living)
Stephanie Johnson (born 1961)
Andrew Johnston (born 1963)
Tim Jones (born 1959)
M. K. Joseph (1914–1981)
Simone Kaho (born 1978)
Kapka Kassabova (born 1973)
Jan Kemp (born 1949)
Anne Kennedy (born 1959)
Alice Annie Kenny (1875–1960)
Fiona Kidman (born 1940)
Saradha Koirala (born 1980)
Eve Langley (1904 –1974)
Owen Leeming (born 1930)
Michele Leggott (born 1956)
Louise Wareham Leonard (born 1965)
Terry Locke (born 1946)
Iain Lonie (1932–1988)
Jean Lonie (1930–1997)
Judith Lonie (1935–1982)
Jessie Mackay (1864–1938)
Bill Manhire (born 1946)
Katherine Mansfield (1888–1923)
Janice Marriott (born 1946)
Selina Tusitala Marsh (born 1971)
R. A. K. Mason (1905–1971)
Rachel McAlpine (born 1940)
Gary McCormick (born 1951)
Carolyn McCurdie (living)
Frankie McMillan (born 1950)
Heather McPherson (1942–2017)
Cilla McQueen (born 1949)
Courtney Sina Meredith (born 1986)
Rowan Metcalfe (1955–2003)
Karlo Mila (born 1974)
Barry Mitcalfe (1930–1986)
David Mitchell (1940–2001)
Tze Ming Mok (born 1978)
Kelly Ana Morey (born 1968)
Michael J T Morrissey (born 1942)
Alan Mulgan (1881–1962)
John Mulgan (1911–1945)

N–Z

Elizabeth Nannestad (born 1956)
Emma Neale (born 1969)
John Newton (born 1959)
Marjory Nicholls (1890–1930)
Jay Nieuwland (born 1990)
Mikaela Nyman (born 1966)
Michael O'Leary (born 1950)
Peter Olds (1944–2023)
W. H. Oliver (1925–2015)
Alistair Paterson (born 1929)
Evelyn Patuawa-Nathan (living)
Mark Pirie (born 1974)
Vivienne Plumb (born 1955)
Robert J. Pope (1865–1949)
Nina Mingya Powles (born 1993)
Joanna Preston (born 1972)
Chris Price (born 1962)
Elizabeth Pulford (born 1943)
Maggie Rainey-Smith (born 1950)
Maraea Rakuraku (living)
essa may ranapiri (born 1993/4)
Gloria Rawlinson (1918–1995)
William Pember Reeves (1857–1932)
Harry Ricketts (born 1950)
Elspeth Sandys (born 1940)
Rosie Scott (1948–2017)
William Sewell (1951–2003)
Iain Sharp (born 1953)
Helen Lilian Shaw (1913–1985)
Keith Sinclair (1922–1993)
Tracey Slaughter (born 1972)
Anna Smaill (born 1979)
Elizabeth Smither (born 1941)
Kendrick Smithyman (1922–1995)
Ruby Solly (born 1996)
Laura Solomon (1974–2019)
C. K. Stead (born 1932)
Jacquie Sturm (1927–2009)
Robert Sullivan (born 1967)
Tamairangi (fl. 1820–1828)
Leilani Tamu (living)
Apirana Taylor (born 1955)
Grace Taylor (living)
Tayi Tibble (born 1995)
Mona Tracy (1892–1959)
Chris Tse (born 1982)
Brian Turner (1944)
Hone Tuwhare (1922–2008)
Arnold Wall (1869–1966)
Louise Wallace (born 1983)
Kirsten Warner (born 1956)
Ian Wedde (born 1946)
Albert Wendt (born 1939)
Tom Weston (born 1958)
Reina Whaitiri (born 1943)
Damien Wilkins (born 1963)
Mark Williams (born 1951)
Vernice Wineera (born 1938)
Iona Winter (living)
Alison Wong (born 1960)
Susan Wood (1836–1880)
Sue Wootton (born 1961)
Niel Wright (born 1933)
Sonja Yelich (born 1965)
Ashleigh Young (born 1983)

See also

External links

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

References

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