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Haurongo: Johnson, Louis Albert

Louis Johnson discussing poetry

Audio file

Hear Louis Johnson talking about the business of poetry in general, and reading his poem 'Singing to the ancestors, recorded for radio in September 1980 in a programme called 'Louis Johnson reads his own poems'. (3 min 52 sec)

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Sound Archives / Ngā Taonga Kōrero

Reference: T2862

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W. S. Broughton. 'Johnson, Louis Albert', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 2000. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/speech/97/louis-johnson-discussing-poetry (accessed 4 June 2026).