List of New Zealand poets

This page is a list of New Zealand poets.

A–E
• Arthur Henry Adams (1872–1936)

• Fleur Adcock (born 1934)

• Rob Allan (born 1945)

• Rosetta Allan (living

• Michele Amas (1961–2016)

• Isobel Andrews (1905–1990)

• K O Arvidson (1938–2011)

• Sylvia Ashton-Warner (1908–1984)

• Tusiata Avia (born 1966)

• Hinemoana Baker (born 1968)

• Serie Barford (living)

• Mary Anne Barker (Lady Barker) (1831–1911)

• John Barr (1809–1889)

• Miriam Barr (born 1982)

• Blanche Baughan (1870–1958)

• James K. Baxter (1926–1972)

• Arthur Baysting (1947–2019)

• Airini Beautrais (born 1982)

• Marlene J Bennetts (born 1938)

• Ursula Bethell (1874–1945)

• Graham Billing (1936–2001)

• Victor Billot (living)

• Hera Lindsay Bird (born 1987)

• Paddy Blanchfield (1911–1980)

• Arapera Blank (1932–2002)

• Ivan Bootham (1939–2016)

• Jenny Bornholdt (born 1960)

• Michael Botur (born 1984)

• Thomas Bracken (1843–1898)

• Charles Brasch (1909–1973)

• Diana Bridge (born 1942)

• Bub Bridger (1924–2009)

• Diane Brown (born 1951)

• Audrey Brown-Pereira (born 1975)

• Rachel Bush (1941–2016)

• Bernard Cadogan (born 1961)

• Kate Camp (born 1972)

• Alistair Te Ariki Campbell (1925–2009)

• Meg Campbell (1937–2007)

• Clyde Carr (1886–1962)

• John Caselberg (1927–2004)

• Gordon Challis (born 1932–2018)

• Janet Charman (born 1954)

• Kate Clark (1847–1926)

• Geoff Cochrane (born 1951)

• Glenn Colquhoun (born 1964)

• Jennifer Compton (born 1949)

• Kay McKenzie Cooke (born 1953)

• Violet May Cottrell (1887–1971)

• James Courage (1903–1963)

• Mary Cresswell (born 1937)

• Walter D'Arcy Cresswell (1896–1960)

• Majella Cullinane (living)

• Allen Curnow (1911–2001)

• Ruth Dallas (1919–2008)

• Jackie Davis (born 1963)

• Leigh Davis (1955–2009)

• Geoffrey Potocki de Montalk (1903–1997)

• Stephanie de Montalk (born 1945)

• Elena de Roo (living)

• John Dennison (born 1978)

• George E. Dewar (1895–1965)

• Bill Direen (born 1957)

• Alfred Domett (1811–1887)

• Basil Dowling (1910–2000)

• Sam Duckor-Jones (born 1982)

• Marilyn Duckworth (born 1935)

• Eileen Duggan (1894–1972)

• Cathie Dunsford (born 1953)

• Lynley Edmeades (living)

• Lauris Edmond (1924–2000)

• David Eggleton (born 1952)

• Chris Else (born 1942)

• Riemke Ensing (born 1939)

• Margaret Escott (1908–1977)

F–M
• A. R. D. Fairburn (1904–1957)

• Fiona Farrell (born 1947)

• Joan Fleming (born 1984)

• Gary Forrester (born 1946)

• Janet Frame (1924–2004)

• Ruth France (1913–1968)

• Anne French (born 1956)

• Kathleen Gallagher (born 1957)

• Rhian Gallagher (born 1961)

• Ivy Gibbs (1886–1966)

• Ruth Gilbert (1917–2016)

• Denis Glover (1912–1980)

• Paula Green (born 1955)

• H. W. Gretton (1914–1983)

• Russell Haley (1934–2016)

• Bernadette Hall (born 1945)

• William Hart-Smith (1911–1990)

• Siobhan Harvey (born 1973)

• J. H. Haslam (1874–1969)

• Dinah Hawken (born 1943)

• Kathleen Hawkins (1883–1981)

• Joel Hayward (born 1964)

• Helen Heath (born 1970)

• Dominic Hoey (born 1977)

• Jeffrey Paparoa Holman (born 1947)

• Ani Hona (1938–1997)

• David Howard (born 1959)

• Keri Hulme (1947–2021)

• Sam Hunt (born 1946)

• Rex Hunter (1888–1960)

• Robin Hyde (pen name of Iris Wilkinson; 1906–1939)

• Kevin Ireland (born 1933)

• Anna Jackson (born 1967)

• Michael Jackson (born 1940)

• Lynn Jenner (living)

• Stephanie Johnson (born 1961)

• Andrew Johnston (born 1963)

• Tim Jones (born 1959)

• M. K. Joseph (1914–1981)

• Simone Kaho (born 1978)

• Kapka Kassabova (born 1973)

• Jan Kemp (born 1949)

• Anne Kennedy (born 1959)

• Alice Annie Kenny (1875–1960)

• Fiona Kidman (born 1940)

• Saradha Koirala (born 1980)

• Eve Langley (1904 –1974)

• Owen Leeming (born 1930)

• Michele Leggott (born 1956)

• Louise Wareham Leonard (born 1965)

• Terry Locke (born 1946)

• Iain Lonie (1932–1988)

• Jean Lonie (1930–1997)

• Judith Lonie (1935–1982)

• Jessie Mackay (1864–1938)

• Bill Manhire (born 1946)

• Katherine Mansfield (1888–1923)

• Janice Marriott (born 1946)

• Selina Tusitala Marsh (born 1971)

• R. A. K. Mason (1905–1971)

• Rachel McAlpine (born 1940)

• Gary McCormick (born 1951)

• Carolyn McCurdie (living)

• Frankie McMillan (born 1950)

• Heather McPherson (1942–2017)

• Cilla McQueen (born 1949)

• Courtney Sina Meredith (born 1986)

• Rowan Metcalfe (1955–2003)

• Karlo Mila (born 1974)

• Barry Mitcalfe (1930–1986)

• David Mitchell (1940–2001)

• Tze Ming Mok (born 1978)

• Kelly Ana Morey (born 1968)

• Michael J T Morrissey (born 1942)

• Alan Mulgan (1881–1962)

• John Mulgan (1911–1945)

N–Z
• Elizabeth Nannestad (born 1956)

• Emma Neale (born 1969)

• John Newton (born 1959)

• Marjory Nicholls (1890–1930)

• Jay Nieuwland (born 1990)

• Mikaela Nyman (born 1966)

• Michael O'Leary (born 1950)

• Peter Olds (1944–2023)

• W. H. Oliver (1925–2015)

• Alistair Paterson (born 1929)

• Evelyn Patuawa-Nathan (living)

• Mark Pirie (born 1974)

• Vivienne Plumb (born 1955)

• Robert J. Pope (1865–1949)

• Joanna Preston (born 1972)

• Chris Price (born 1962)

• Elizabeth Pulford (born 1943)

• Maggie Rainey-Smith (born 1950)

• Maraea Rakuraku (living)

• essa may ranapiri (born 1993/4)

• Gloria Rawlinson (1918–1995)

• William Pember Reeves (1857–1932)

• Harry Ricketts (born 1950)

• Elspeth Sandys (born 1940)

• Rosie Scott (1948–2017)

• William Sewell (1951–2003)

• Iain Sharp (born 1953)

• Helen Lilian Shaw (1913–1985)

• Keith Sinclair (1922–1993)

• Tracey Slaughter (born 1972)

• Anna Smaill (born 1979)

• Elizabeth Smither (born 1941)

• Kendrick Smithyman (1922–1995)

• Ruby Solly (born 1996)

• Laura Solomon (1974–2019)

• C. K. Stead (born 1932)

• Jacquie Sturm (1927–2009)

• Robert Sullivan (born 1967)

• Tamairangi (fl. 1820–1828)

• Leilani Tamu (living)

• Apirana Taylor (born 1955)

• Grace Taylor (living)

• Tayi Tibble (born 1995)

• Mona Tracy (1892–1959)

• Chris Tse (born 1982)

• Brian Turner (1944)

• Hone Tuwhare (1922–2008)

• Arnold Wall (1869–1966)

• Louise Wallace (born 1983)

• Kirsten Warner (born 1956)

• Ian Wedde (born 1946)

• Albert Wendt (born 1939)

• Tom Weston (born 1958)

• Reina Whaitiri (born 1943)

• Damien Wilkins (born 1963)

• Mark Williams (born 1951)

• Vernice Wineera (born 1938)

• Iona Winter (living)

• Alison Wong (born 1960)

• Susan Wood (1836–1880)

• Sue Wootton (born 1961)

• Niel Wright (born 1933)

• Sonja Yelich (born 1965)

• Ashleigh Young (born 1983)