Story: Poetry
Page 9. All images & media
From page 1 - Colonial poetry
From page 2 - The early 20th century: isolated achievements
From page 3 - Allen Curnow and literary nationalism
From page 4 - The Caxton poets
From page 5 - James K. Baxter and poets of the 1950s and 1960s
From page 6 - The 1970s and the ‘Freed’ generation
From page 7 - Diversity: since 1985
How to cite this page
John Newton, Poetry, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/story/229026/media (accessed 24 June 2026).
Story by John Newton, published 12 September 2014.