# List of New Zealand poets

This page is a list of New Zealand poets.

## A–E

* Arthur Henry Adams (1872–1936)
* Fleur Adcock (1934–2024)
* Rob Allan (1945–2021)
* 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 (1951–2022)
* 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 (1933–2023)
* 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 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 (1933–2019)
* Mark Pirie (born 1974)
* Vivienne Plumb (born 1955)
* Robert J. Pope (1865–1949)
* Nina Mingya Powles (born 1993)
* 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 (1944–2025)
* 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 (1938–2024)
* 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)