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Biography: Smithyman, William Kendrick

Kendrick Smithyman reads two poems, 1954

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Hear Kendrick Smithyman read 'Foreign service' and part of 'A birthday garland', recorded in 1954 for the radio programme 'NZ poets reading their own verse'. (3 min 53 sec)

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Sound Archives / Ngā Taonga Kōrero

Reference: D1050

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Peter Simpson. 'Smithyman, William Kendrick', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2000, updated March 2014. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/speech/58/kendrick-smithyman-reads-two-poems-1954 (accessed 4 June 2026).