Story: Auckland region

Auckland poem

Allen Curnow is among New Zealand’s most celebrated poets. He lived in Tohunga Crescent, Parnell. This poem, ‘The weather in Tohunga Crescent’, was written between 1979 and 1981.

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Jenifer Curnow
Reference: Allen Curnow, Continuum: New and later poems 1972-1988. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 1988.

Permission to reproduce the work of Allen Curnow courtesy of the copyright owner, Mrs Jenifer Curnow, c/- Tim Curnow, literary agent and consultant, Lane Cove, Sydney

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How to cite this page:

Margaret McClure, 'Auckland region - Arts and culture', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/document/15917/auckland-poem (accessed 20 April 2024)

Story by Margaret McClure, updated 1 Aug 2016