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AUP New Poets 12. Anuja Mitra, Loretta Riach, Zephyr Zhang; edited by Anne Kennedy
Anuja Mitra, Loretta Riach, Zephyr Zhang; edited by Anne Kennedy AUP New Poets 12 (Auckland University Press, 2026) ISBN: 978-1-776-71242-7RRP: $29.99. 97pp Where did nature go? This was the question I asked while reading AUP New Poets 12, which holds the...
The Bruise Palette by Helen Lehndorf
Helen Lehndorf The Bruise Palette Firestarter Press, 2026 ISBN: 978-0-473-78785-1 RRP: $29.99. 76 pp The words ‘love’ and ‘local’ resounded at the launch of Helen Lehndorf’s The Bruise Palette at Palmerston North City Library in May. Best-known for her memoir,...
The Gum Trees of Kerikeri by Lynn Jenner
LYNN JENNER The Gum Trees of Kerikeri (Otago University Press, 2026). ISBN 9781991348180. RRP: $30. 64 pp. I was shocked by news footage from Ukraine and Gaza a few years ago. Recurring scenes of rubble and destruction reminded me of Peter McIntrye’s...
OPEN JUNIOR results – NZPS International Poetry Competition 2026
OPEN JUNIOR results - NZPS International Poetry Competition 2026 OPEN JUNIOR JUDGE'S REPORT - ISLA HUIA When I was given the opportunity to be the judge for this year’s Open Junior competition, I leapt at the chance to read new work from kaituhi rangatahi from...
HAIKU JUNIOR results – NZPS International Poetry Competition 2026
HAIKU JUNIOR results - NZPS International Poetry Competition 2026 CONGRATULATIONS to the winners and placegetters of the Haiku Junior category of the 2026 NZPS International Poetry Competition. Sandra Simpson was the judge for this category, and judging comments...
HAIKU results – NZPS International Poetry Competition 2026
HAIKU results - NZPS International Poetry Competition 2026 HAIKU JUDGE’S REPORT – GRAHAM BATES Part of the privilege of being this year’s judge was that it gave me the opportunity to host an hour-long Zoom workshop called A Brief Guide to Writing Haiku Poetry where I...
OPEN results – NZPS International Poetry Competition 2026
OPEN results - NZPS International Poetry Competition 2026 OPEN JUDGE'S REPORT - ANNA JACKSON There is something very contradictory about the idea of a poetry competition. Any poem is a winning poem, in that by taking words and bringing them into a newly...
Potluck ed. A. Jansen et al
Ed. A. Jansen, J. Begg, L. Carey, R. de Jong, W. Hollis, J. Lamb, R. Tahana-Dawson Potluck: poems about food (Landing Press, 2025). ISBN 9780473759292. RRP $25.00. 222pp. The newest offering from Landing Press is a collection of poems about food. Poems about...
NZPS International Poetry Competition 2026
NZPS International Poetry Competition 2026 - CLOSEDOur popular annual competition for 2026 is closed. Who are the 2026 judges? Go here to find out. You can enter in the following categories: Open 18+ years. No theme. Open Junior 17 years and under. The theme is...