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In 2001, poet and professor Bill Manhire of the International Institute of Modern Letters founded Best New Zealand Poems. The anthology is published online and features 25 poems from New Zealand poets, each year selected by a different guest editor. Journalist Philip Matthews has described it as "a reliable guide to local poetry". [1]
The intention of the poem is to indicate the passage of time and yet the timelessness of nature. A human lifetime passes, yet the underlying natural life - symbolised by the unchanging backdrop of the magpies' call - remains unchanging. The phrase imitating the call of the Australian magpie is one of the most well-known lines in New Zealand ...
Academy of New Zealand Literature author page; New Zealand Literature File: Robert Sullivan; New Zealand Electronic Poetry Centre: Robert Sullivan; WaterBridge Review (January 2005): Conversation with Robert Sullivan (Wayback Machine) Pasifika Poetry: Video-Interview with Robert Sullivan, conducted by Selina Tusitala Marsh (May 2005)
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99 Ways into New Zealand Poetry was a finalist in the General Non-Fiction category of the 2011 New Zealand Post Book Awards. [13]The Storylines Children's Literature Charitable Trust of New Zealand has recognised several of her children's books, three receiving the Notable Non-Fiction Book title (Flamingo Bendalingo: Poems from the Zoo in 2007, [14] Treasury of NZ Poems for Children in 2015 ...
Marjorie J. Van Buren wrote in a 1964 Master of Arts thesis from the Kansas State University that "Fairburn's most extended criticism of New Zealand comes in Dominion, a long and rather uneven work", [1] and that "in Dominion, as throughout his work, Fairburn shows his critical concern for the morality of his nation and his world and his stubborn faith in the eventual triumph—over ...
James Keir Baxter (29 June 1926 – 22 October 1972) was a New Zealand poet and playwright. He was also known as an activist for the preservation of Māori culture.He is one of New Zealand's most well-known and controversial literary figures.
Donna Tusiata Avia MNZM (born 1966) is a New Zealand poet and children's author. She has been recognised for her work through receiving a 2020 Queen's Birthday Honour and in 2021 her collection The Savage Coloniser won the Mary and Peter Biggs Award for Poetry at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards.