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Haurongo: Curnow, Thomas Allen Monro

Valley of decision

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Valley of decision

Curnow’s first collection of poems, Valley of decision (1933) – printed, like the magazines Kiwi and Phoenix, by Bob Lowry – revealed a crisis of religious vocation which pointed towards his decision not to be ordained, made the following year.

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Reference: Allen Curnow, Valley of decision. Auckland: Auckland University College Students' Association Press, 1933

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Terry Sturm. 'Curnow, Thomas Allen Monro', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 2010. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/document/28141/valley-of-decision (accessed 24 June 2026).