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Kōrero: Intellectuals

James K. Baxter

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James K. Baxter

Nigel Brown's lithograph of the poet James K. Baxter suggests the extent to which Baxter became a prophet for New Zealanders. This was especially the case in the late 1960s during the last years of his life, when as 'Hemi', he adopted a Māori persona and became an acknowledged intellectual leader of the counter-culture.

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Puke Ariki - Taranaki Museum & Library

Reference: PA2008.012

by Nigel Brown

Courtesy of Nigel Brown

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Chris Hilliard, Intellectuals – Literature and the modern New Zealand intellectual, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/42357/james-k-baxter (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Chris Hilliard, i tāngia i te 19 August 2013.