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Kōrero: Criticism and the arts

Bill Manhire

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Bill Manhire

Shown here in 1986, Victoria University academic Bill Manhire was to become a highly influential poet and critic of the 1990s and 2000s. In his criticism he broke with older romantic and nationalistic views of New Zealand poetry, instead advocating a plurality of voices.

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Rebecca Rice rāua ko Mark Williams, Criticism and the arts – Issues of identity, 1960s onwards, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/42937/bill-manhire (accessed 4 June 2026).

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