Peter Bland

Peter Bland (born 12 May 1934 in Scarborough, North Yorkshire) is a British-New Zealand poet and actor.

Life
He emigrated to New Zealand at the age of 20 and graduated from the Victoria University of Wellington.

He worked as a radio producer for the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation.

He became closely associated with the Wellington Group which included James K. Baxter and Louis Johnson. He worked in theatre, as co-founder and artistic director of Downstage Theatre from 1964–68.

He returned to Britain in 1970 for a short time but now lives in Auckland, New Zealand.

Awards and honours

 * 1977 Cholmondeley Award
 * Arvon Foundation International Poetry Competition, England
 * 2011 Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement

Plays

 * Father’s Day (Wellington, 1966; the first locally-written production at Downstage Theatre)
 * George the Mad Ad Man (Wellington, 1967, and Coventry, England, 1969).

Film Acting

 * A Touch of the Other (1970)
 * Don't Just Lie There, Say Something! (1974)
 * Dangerous Orphans (1985)
 * Came a Hot Friday (1985)
 * Queen City Rocker (1986)