Editing New Zealand literature (section)

===Poetry===
{{See also|List of New Zealand poets}}
[[James K. Baxter]], [[Alistair Te Ariki Campbell]], [[Fleur Adcock]], [[C. K. Stead]], and [[Vincent O'Sullivan (New Zealand writer)|Vincent O'Sullivan]] became well known for their poetry in the 1950s and 1960s, with Baxter in particular dominating New Zealand poetry in the 1960s.<ref name="Brit CK" /> Adcock is one of only two New Zealanders to have received the prestigious [[Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry]] (2006), with the other being Allen Curnow (who received the award in 1989).<ref>{{cite web |title=NZ poet Fleur Adcock wins prestigious Royal honour |url=https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/nz-poet-fleur-adcock-wins-prestigious-royal-honour |website=New Zealand Government |access-date=9 March 2021 |date=26 April 2006 |archive-date=21 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190221093551/https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/nz-poet-fleur-adcock-wins-prestigious-royal-honour |url-status=live }}</ref> The 1970s and 1980s saw a shift away from New Zealand nationalism and the rise of confident young poets, often influenced by American writing and counterculture and writing about personal relationships; poets included [[Ian Wedde]], [[Bill Manhire]], [[Cilla McQueen]], [[Elizabeth Smither]], [[Sam Hunt (poet)|Sam Hunt]] and [[Murray Edmond]]. Cilla McQueen and Hunt are both well known for their performance poetry.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Newton |first1=John |title=The 1970s and the 'Freed' generation – Story: Poetry |url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/poetry/page-6 |website=Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand |access-date=17 February 2021 |archive-date=20 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920133526/https://teara.govt.nz/en/poetry/page-6 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1985, Ian Wedde and [[Harvey McQueen]] edited and published a new edition of ''The Penguin Book of New Zealand Verse'', which included poetry in Māori, a first for a New Zealand poetry anthology. Since then, New Zealand poetry has become more diverse and more difficult to characterise by theme.<ref name="Diversity">{{cite web |last1=Newton |first1=John |title=Diversity: since 1985 – Story: Poetry |url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/poetry/page-7 |website=Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand |access-date=9 March 2021 |archive-date=24 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924214157/https://teara.govt.nz/en/poetry/page-7 |url-status=live }}</ref>
[[File:Selina_Tusitala_Marsh_ONZM_(cropped).jpg|thumb|238x238px|[[Selina Tusitala Marsh]] ONZM ]]
The [[National Library of New Zealand]] appoints a [[New Zealand Poet Laureate]] every two years.<ref>{{cite web |title=New Zealand Poet Laureate Award |url=https://natlib.govt.nz/about-us/scholarships-and-awards/poet-laureate |website=National Library of New Zealand |access-date=19 February 2021 |archive-date=3 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203170908/http://natlib.govt.nz/about-us/scholarships-and-awards/poet-laureate |url-status=live }}</ref> Pasifika poet Selina Tusitala Marsh was the Poet Laureate from 2017 to 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.poetlaureate.org.nz/p/selina-tusitala-marsh-is-pasifika-poet.html|title=Selina Tusitala Marsh, New Zealand Poet Laureate 2017–2019|website=New Zealand Poet Laureate|publisher=National Library of New Zealand|access-date=19 February 2021|archive-date=6 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206200424/http://www.poetlaureate.org.nz/p/selina-tusitala-marsh-is-pasifika-poet.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[David Eggleton]] is the Poet Laureate from 2019 to 2022 (his position being extended due to the COVID-19 pandemic).<ref>{{cite web |title=David Eggleton, New Zealand Poet Laureate 2019–2021 |url=http://www.poetlaureate.org.nz/p/david-eggleton-new-zealand-poet.html |website=New Zealand Poet Laureate |publisher=National Library of New Zealand |access-date=19 February 2021 |archive-date=6 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206200416/http://www.poetlaureate.org.nz/p/david-eggleton-new-zealand-poet.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Poet laureate's tenure extended after Hawke's Bay inauguration |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/poet-laureates-tenure-extended-after-hawkes-bay-inauguration/W3MDBGKYMB6YTWBH6I4IJQO6X4/ |access-date=6 August 2022 |work=[[Hawke's Bay Today]] |date=11 October 2020}}</ref> Other notable contemporary poets include [[Robert Sullivan (poet)|Robert Sullivan]], known for his first collection ''Jazz Waiata'' (1990) and more recent work including the collection ''Shout Ha! to the Sky'' (2010),<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |editor1-last=Noel-Tod |editor1-first=Jeremy |encyclopedia=Oxford Companion to Modern Poetry |title=Sullivan, Robert (1967–) |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199640256.001.0001/acref-9780199640256-e-1717 |access-date=23 February 2021 |date=2013 |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |isbn=978-0-1917-4452-5 |archive-date=1 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210901042332/https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199640256.001.0001/acref-9780199640256-e-1717 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Hera Lindsay Bird]], known for her popular autobiographical and provocative work,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ainge Roy |first1=Eleanor |title=Hera Lindsay Bird: I prefer poetry that allows room for ugliness and error |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/sep/06/hera-lindsay-bird-i-prefer-poetry-that-allows-room-for-ugliness-and-error |access-date=9 March 2021 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=6 September 2016 |archive-date=6 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201006194146/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/sep/06/hera-lindsay-bird-i-prefer-poetry-that-allows-room-for-ugliness-and-error |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Karlo Mila]], whose work addresses both personal and political issues such as concerns of identity, migration, and community, some of which is included in the collections ''Dream Fish Floating'' (2006) and ''Goddess Muscle'' (2020).<ref>{{cite web |title=Karlo Mila |url=https://www.anzliterature.com/member/karlo-mila/ |website=Academy of New Zealand Literature |access-date=9 March 2021 |archive-date=3 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203091612/https://www.anzliterature.com/member/karlo-mila/ |url-status=live }}</ref>