Author(s): Alistair Te Ariki Campbell

New Zealand Poetry

The Collected Poems of Alistair Te Ariki Campbell is the definitive edition of one of the most important bodies of work in New Zealand poetry. Based on a spiral-bound manuscript entitled ‘Complete Poems 1947–2007’ found among Campbell’s papers after his death, this is his most substantial collection to date and the first to be published in hardback since 1981. Six thematic sections map the work: Of Wild Places - celebrated early lyrics set among rugged South Island and Kapiti Coast landscapes; Tongareva to Aotearoa - Campbell's ground-breaking turn to his Polynesian side; Love Poems; War Poems - powerful sequences exploring his father's Gallipoli experiences and the story of the Maori Battalion;  Poets in Our Youth - autobiographical poems in letter form; and Looking at Kapiti - poems of everyday life in Pukerua Bay.