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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.
James K Baxter and Illingworth first met in Auckland soon after Illingworth's arrival in New Zealand in the early fifties. The move to Dunedin in 1966 to take up the Frances Hodgkins Fellowship, reunited Illingworth with Baxter who was the Robert Burns Fellow at the time. [31] The two men remained close friends for life.
Baxter was born in 1952 and is the son of poet James K. Baxter and writer Jacquie Sturm. [2] In 2024 an exhibition of Baxter's work was on display at Toi Mahara in Waikanae, New Zealand. [3] [4] [5] [6]
James K. Baxter (1926–1972) Arthur Baysting (1947–2019) Airini Beautrais (born 1982) Marlene J Bennetts (born 1938) ... Poetry New Zealand magazine;
A casting in concrete of "The Māori Jesus" by James K Baxter. The movement started with Louis Johnson, who started up the Poetry Yearbook which ran from 1951 to 1964. In part, it was a reaction to Allen Curnow's dictum of localism in NZ poetry, emphasising universalism, but both the Wellington Group and Curnow liked to use some degree of Māori symbolism.
New Zealand poet James K. Baxter and many of his followers formed a community at Jerusalem in 1970, which disbanded in 1972 after Baxter's death. Baxter is buried there. [2] There are two Ngāti Hau marae grounds in Jerusalem: Hiruhārama or Patiarero Marae and Whiritaunoka meeting house, and Peterehema Marae and Upokotauaki meeting house. [6] [7]
James K. Baxter (1926–1972), poet and playwright; Kay Baxter (born 1952/53), horticulturist; Arthur Baysting (1947–2019), journalist, screenwriter, children's writer and poet; Ann Beaglehole (born 1948), historian and novelist; Helen Beaglehole (born 1946), children's writer and historian; John Beaglehole (1901–1971), historian
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]