List of New Zealand poets

This page is a list of New Zealand poets.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

A–E

• Arthur Henry Adams (1872–1936)
• Fleur Adcock (born 1934)
• Rob Allan (born 1945)
• Rosetta Allan (living
• Michele Amas (1961–2016)
• Isobel Andrews (1905–1990)
• K O Arvidson (1938–2011)
• Sylvia Ashton-Warner (1908–1984)
• Tusiata Avia (born 1966)
• Hinemoana Baker (born 1968)
• Serie Barford (living)
• Mary Anne Barker (Lady Barker) (1831–1911)
• John Barr (1809–1889)
• Miriam Barr (born 1982)
• Blanche Baughan (1870–1958)
• James K. Baxter (1926–1972)
• Arthur Baysting (1947–2019)
• Airini Beautrais (born 1982)
• Ursula Bethell (1874–1945)
• Graham Billing (1936–2001)
• Victor Billot (living)
• Hera Lindsay Bird (born 1987)
• Paddy Blanchfield (1911–1980)
• Arapera Blank (1932–2002)
• Ivan Bootham (1939–2016)
• Jenny Bornholdt (born 1960)
• Michael Botur (born 1984)
• Thomas Bracken (1843–1898)
• Charles Brasch (1909–1973)
• Diana Bridge (born 1942)
• Bub Bridger (1924–2009)
• Diane Brown (born 1951)
• Audrey Brown-Pereira (born 1975)
• Rachel Bush (1941–2016)
• Bernard Cadogan (born 1961)
• Kate Camp (born 1972)
• Alistair Te Ariki Campbell (1925–2009)
• Meg Campbell (1937–2007)
• Clyde Carr (1886–1962)
• John Caselberg (1927–2004)
• Gordon Challis (born 1932–2018)
• Janet Charman (born 1954)
• Kate Clark (1847–1926)
• Geoff Cochrane (born 1951)
• Glenn Colquhoun (born 1964)
• Jennifer Compton (born 1949)
• Kay McKenzie Cooke (born 1953)
• Violet May Cottrell (1887–1971)
• James Courage (1903–1963)
• Mary Cresswell (born 1937)
• Walter D'Arcy Cresswell (1896–1960)
• Majella Cullinane (living)
• Allen Curnow (1911–2001)
• Ruth Dallas (1919–2008)
• Jackie Davis (born 1963)
• Leigh Davis (1955–2009)
• Geoffrey Potocki de Montalk (1903–1997)
• Stephanie de Montalk (born 1945)
• Elena de Roo (living)
• John Dennison (born 1978)
• George E. Dewar (1895–1965)
• Bill Direen (born 1957)
• Alfred Domett (1811–1887)
• Basil Dowling (1910–2000)
• Sam Duckor-Jones (born 1982)
• Marilyn Duckworth (born 1935)
• Eileen Duggan (1894–1972)
• Cathie Dunsford (born 1953)
• Lynley Edmeades (living)
• Lauris Edmond (1924–2000)
• David Eggleton (born 1952)
• Chris Else (born 1942)
• Riemke Ensing (born 1939)
• Margaret Escott (1908–1977)

F–M

• A. R. D. Fairburn (1904–1957)
• Fiona Farrell (born 1947)
• Joan Fleming (born 1984)
• Gary Forrester (born 1946)
• Janet Frame (1924–2004)
• Ruth France (1913–1968)
• Anne French (born 1956)
• Kathleen Gallagher (born 1957)
• Rhian Gallagher (born 1961)
• Ivy Gibbs (1886–1966)
• Ruth Gilbert (1917–2016)
• Denis Glover (1912–1980)
• Paula Green (born 1955)
• H. W. Gretton (1914–1983)
• Russell Haley (1934–2016)
• Bernadette Hall (born 1945)
• William Hart-Smith (1911–1990)
• Siobhan Harvey (born 1973)
• J. H. Haslam (1874–1969)
• Dinah Hawken (born 1943)
• Kathleen Hawkins (1883–1981)
• Joel Hayward (born 1964)
• Helen Heath (born 1970)
• Dominic Hoey (born 1977)
• Jeffrey Paparoa Holman (born 1947)
• Ani Hona (1938–1997)
• David Howard (born 1959)
• Keri Hulme (1947–2021)
• Sam Hunt (born 1946)
• Rex Hunter (1888–1960)
• Robin Hyde (pen name of Iris Wilkinson; 1906–1939)
• Kevin Ireland (born 1933)
• Anna Jackson (born 1967)
• Michael Jackson (born 1940)
• Lynn Jenner (living)
• Stephanie Johnson (born 1961)
• Andrew Johnston (born 1963)
• Tim Jones (born 1959)
• M. K. Joseph (1914–1981)
• Simone Kaho (born 1978)
• Kapka Kassabova (born 1973)
• Jan Kemp (born 1949)
• Anne Kennedy (born 1959)
• Alice Annie Kenny (1875–1960)
• Fiona Kidman (born 1940)
• Saradha Koirala (born 1980)
• Eve Langley (1904 –1974)
• Owen Leeming (born 1930)
• Michele Leggott (born 1956)
• Louise Wareham Leonard (born 1965)
• Terry Locke (born 1946)
• Iain Lonie (1932–1988)
• Jean Lonie (1930–1997)
• Judith Lonie (1935–1982)
• Jessie Mackay (1864–1938)
• Bill Manhire (born 1946)
• Katherine Mansfield (1888–1923)
• Janice Marriott (born 1946)
• Selina Tusitala Marsh (born 1971)
• R. A. K. Mason (1905–1971)
• Rachel McAlpine (born 1940)
• Gary McCormick (born 1951)
• Carolyn McCurdie (living)
• Frankie McMillan (born 1950)
• Heather McPherson (1942–2017)
• Cilla McQueen (born 1949)
• Courtney Sina Meredith (born 1986)
• Rowan Metcalfe (1955–2003)
• Karlo Mila (born 1974)
• Barry Mitcalfe (1930–1986)
• David Mitchell (1940–2001)
• Tze Ming Mok (born 1978)
• Kelly Ana Morey (born 1968)
• Michael J T Morrissey (born 1942)
• Alan Mulgan (1881–1962)
• John Mulgan (1911–1945)

N–Z

• Elizabeth Nannestad (born 1956)
• Emma Neale (born 1969)
• John Newton (born 1959)
• Marjory Nicholls (1890–1930)
• Jay Nieuwland (born 1990)
• Mikaela Nyman (born 1966)
• Michael O'Leary (born 1950)
• Peter Olds (1944–2023)
• W. H. Oliver (1925–2015)
• Alistair Paterson (born 1929)
• Evelyn Patuawa-Nathan (living)
• Mark Pirie (born 1974)
• Vivienne Plumb (born 1955)
• Robert J. Pope (1865–1949)
• Joanna Preston (born 1972)
• Chris Price (born 1962)
• Elizabeth Pulford (born 1943)
• Maggie Rainey-Smith (born 1950)
• Maraea Rakuraku (living)
• essa may ranapiri (born 1993/4)
• Gloria Rawlinson (1918–1995)
• William Pember Reeves (1857–1932)
• Harry Ricketts (born 1950)
• Elspeth Sandys (born 1940)
• Rosie Scott (1948–2017)
• William Sewell (1951–2003)
• Iain Sharp (born 1953)
• Helen Lilian Shaw (1913–1985)
• Keith Sinclair (1922–1993)
• Tracey Slaughter (born 1972)
• Anna Smaill (born 1979)
• Elizabeth Smither (born 1941)
• Kendrick Smithyman (1922–1995)
• Ruby Solly (born 1996)
• Laura Solomon (1974–2019)
• C. K. Stead (born 1932)
• Jacquie Sturm (1927–2009)
• Robert Sullivan (born 1967)
• Tamairangi (fl. 1820–1828)
• Leilani Tamu (living)
• Apirana Taylor (born 1955)
• Grace Taylor (living)
• Tayi Tibble (born 1995)
• Mona Tracy (1892–1959)
• Chris Tse (born 1982)
• Brian Turner (1944)
• Hone Tuwhare (1922–2008)
• Arnold Wall (1869–1966)
• Louise Wallace (born 1983)
• Kirsten Warner (born 1956)
• Ian Wedde (born 1946)
• Albert Wendt (born 1939)
• Tom Weston (born 1958)
• Damien Wilkins (born 1963)
• Mark Williams (born 1951)
• Iona Winter (living)
• Alison Wong (born 1960)
• Susan Wood (1836–1880)
• Sue Wootton (born 1961)
• Niel Wright (born 1933)
• Sonja Yelich (born 1965)
• Ashleigh Young (born 1983)

See also

• Poetry portal

• New Zealand literature
• List of New Zealand writers

External links

• Poetry New Zealand magazine
• The New Zealand Poetry Society
• Poetry Archive of New Zealand Aotearoa (PANZA) by Michael O'Leary