Story: Curnow, Thomas Allen Monro

Curnow at Piha

Allen Curnow enjoyed Auckland’s West Coast beaches and, years after this photograph was taken, owned a bach at Karekare. He is seen here (in small image, back row, left) with friends, including the poet A. R. D. Fairburn (back row, right, and image on right), at Piha in 1937.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Betty Curnow Collection
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How to cite this page:

Terry Sturm. 'Curnow, Thomas Allen Monro', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2010. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/6c1/curnow-thomas-allen-monro (accessed 30 March 2024)