Korekore Rawea: Karakia (Low energy)

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When we close our eyes in mihi to the divine it makes us feel our tūpuna our whenua that we all take a breath in thanks we shall not ...

Welcome to Robert Sullivan, our new Poet Laureate

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The National Library is delighted to celebrate National Poetry Day by announcing Robert Sullivan (Ngāpuhi, Kāi Tahu) of Ōamaru as the New Ze...

Some final words

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If I had to pick just one word to sum up my term as Poet Laureate, it would be: community. Everything that I’ve done or experienced in the r...

Celebrate New Zealand’s poetic talent: Nominate a New Zealand Poet Laureate

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Kia hiwa ra! Kia hiwa ra! The National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa is seeking nominations for the New Zealand Poe...

Brian Turner ONZM (1944–2025)

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The poetry of Brian Turner is a paean to the local; poetry grounded in a particular setting, but redolent of universal meaning. As an epigra...

Brian Turner — New Zealand Poet Laureate of Nature

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On November this year, the Central Otago Environmental Society awarded poet Brian Turner the honour of New Zealand Poet Laureate of Nature i...

Launching ‘Still Is’

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On Friday 21 June, the National Library hosted the launch of former Poet Laureate Vincent O’Sullivan’s last poetry collection Still Is , pub...

A tribute to Vincent O’Sullivan (1937–2024)

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He is one of us, he is one of our own. He bears the coasts, the mountains for us, He calls to the north and the south on our behalf, To the...

Ōrongohau | Best New Zealand Poems 2023 selected by Chris Tse

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Since 2001 the International Institute of Modern Letters has been home to Ōrongohau | Best New Zealand Poems. There is a guest editor for ea...

Half-time

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It was a scorching day in Washington DC in late July, but rather than seeking shelter from the heat and humidity in one of the city’s many a...