1926–1972
Poet, postman, teacher, dramatist, writer, social critic
1909–1973
Poet, editor, teacher, translator, lecturer
1925–2019
Novelist, editor, journalist, administrator
1912–1980
Poet, journalist, printer, typographer, publisher, naval officer
1945–2004
Historian, biographer, journalist, writer
1936–2012
Children’s and young adult writer
1888–1923
Short-story writer, poet, critic, diarist, letter writer
1905–1987
University professor of English, writer, editor
1903–1982
Short-story writer, novelist, playwright
1908–1990
Teacher, university professor of English
1922–2008
Ngāpuhi; boilermaker, poet
1915–1995
Librarian, writer