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Ōrongohau | Best New Zealand Poems is an annual online anthology of poems chosen by guest editors. The anthology began in 2001 and is published by the International Institute of Modern Letters at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand. It is supported by a grant from Creative New Zealand.
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 ...
The New Zealand Poetry Society; Poetry Archive of New Zealand Aotearoa (PANZA) by Michael O'Leary; References This page was last edited on 16 December 2024, at 03: ...
Samuel Percival Maitland Hunt CNZM QSM (born 4 July 1946, Castor Bay, Auckland) is a New Zealand poet, especially known for his public performances of poetry, not only his own poems, but also the poems of many other poets. [1]
Alistair Te Ariki Campbell ONZM (25 June 1925 – 16 August 2009) was a poet, playwright, and novelist. Born in the Cook Islands, Campbell was the son of a Cook Island Māori mother and a Pākehā father, who both died when he was young, leading to him growing up in a New Zealand orphanage.
"God Defend New Zealand" (Māori: "Aotearoa", [a] meaning 'New Zealand') is one of two national anthems of New Zealand, the other being "God Save the King". Legally the two have equal status, but "God Defend New Zealand" is more commonly used. Originally written as a poem, it was set to music as part of a competition in 1876.
Florence Ruth Gilbert ONZM (26 March 1917 – 11 April 2016) [1] [2] was a New Zealand poet whose work has been widely published in New Zealand and Commonwealth countries. [3] [4] [5] She was born in Greytown and educated at Hamilton High School and the Otago School of Physiotherapy.
The poem appeared posthumously as a book in 1997 and "was immediately recognised as perhaps his finest work and one of the major New Zealand poems", according to Peter Simpson. [1] In 2006, "Mudflat Works", the online division of Holloway Press , published online Smithyman's 1,500-poem Collected Works , which Smithyman had selected, made final ...