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Peter Bland (born 12 May 1934 in Scarborough, North Yorkshire) [1] is a British-New Zealand poet and actor. ... Peter", New Zealand Book Council "Bland, Peter", doollee
Peter John Olds (2 June 1944 – 31 August 2023) [1] was a New Zealand poet from Dunedin.He was regarded as being a significant contributor within New Zealand literary circles, in particular, having an influence with younger poets in the 1970s.
After a career in the insurance industry in such places as Greymouth, New Plymouth, and Wellington, Peter Jacobson retired in Akaroa with his wife Jeanette, who was also a poet and wrote under the name J. Esther Broun. [6] He was a friend of the New Zealand painter Toss Woollaston. [7]
That’s all due to native son Peter Jackson, whose “Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring” premiered in December, 2001. On Aug. 31, 1998, before filming on the “Lord of the Rings ...
This page is a list of New Zealand poets ... Peter Olds (1944–2023) Stephen Oliver (born 1950) W. H. Oliver (1925–2015) Alistair Paterson (born 1929)
Hedley Colwill "Peter" Hooper (19 May 1919 – 3 April 1991) was a New Zealand teacher, writer, bookseller and conservationist. He was born in London , England and emigrated to New Zealand at the age of four, growing up in the Nelson and West Coast districts.
Bill Manhire was named the first Te Mata Poet Laureate. [2] In 2007, the National Library of New Zealand took over the appointment of the Poet Laureate, and has appointed the last eight laureates: Michele Leggott, Cilla McQueen, Ian Wedde, Vincent O'Sullivan, C. K. Stead, Selina Tusitala Marsh, David Eggleton, and Chris Tse, 2022–2025. [3] [4 ...
Alfred Domett (1811–1887), fourth Premier of New Zealand and poet; Robyn Donald (born 1940), romance novelist; Basil Dowling (1910–2000), poet; Melanie Drewery (born 1970), children's author and illustrator; Joan Druett (born 1935), historian and novelist; Alison Edith Hilda Drummond (1903–1984), farmer, historian, writer and editor