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Kōrero: Criticism and the arts

James K. Baxter: 1951 Writers' Conference

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James K. Baxter: 1951 Writers' Conference

Poet James K. Baxter is fifth from left in this photograph of participants at the Writers' Conference held in Christchurch in 1951. At the conference Baxter captivated his audience with a lecture that was subsequently published as Recent trends in New Zealand poetry.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: 1/2-031258- F

by W. McKaskell

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Rebecca Rice rāua ko Mark Williams, Criticism and the arts – The nationalism debate, 1930s onwards, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/42919/james-k-baxter-1951-writers-conference (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Rebecca Rice rāua ko Mark Williams, i tāngia i te 2 October 2013.