From M. Nalder, Battle-smoke Ballads, or, Poems of the Transvaal War (1899). Hear a reading of this poem (by Pamela Fleming). (mp3, 377k) From Bluff to Cape Maria New Zealand is agreed;
She thanks her Representatives for generous thought and deed.
Acknowledged as New Zealand’s most accomplished poet, Baxter is also well-known for his wild lifestyle and the religious community he established on the banks of the Whanganui River.
Allen
Curnow was one of the defining voices of 20th-century New Zealand literature, with a
career spanning six decades, and a strong local and international following for
his work.
The forties and fifties were favourable times for poets and poetry, and lively communities of poets sprang up in the main centres, particularly Wellington and Auckland. Debate about the nature of poetry led to some heated exchanges.
