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Freed

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<em>Freed</em>

This is the second issue of the magazine Freed, which was founded by the young poet Alan Brunton in 1969. Brunton had been a student at Auckland University, and other former students who contributed included Ian Wedde, Murray Edmond and Leigh Davis. The image on the cover is the work of the Auckland painter Pat Hanly. 

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: Freed 2 (1970) (S-L-1311-Cover)

by Patrick Hanly

Courtesy of the Hanly family trust.

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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How to cite this page

Pip Howells, Regional cultural life – Flourishing regional cultures, 1945 to 2000, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/document/44497/freed (accessed 3 June 2026).

Story by Pip Howells, published 14 March 2014.