Editing Poet laureate (section)

=== Oceania ===

==== Australia ====
On January 30, 2023, at the launch of 'Revive', [[Australia]]'s new cultural policy, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced "the establishment of a poet laureate for Australia".<ref>{{cite web |last=Gosetti |first=Valentina |date=30 January 2023 |title=Australia is to have a poet laureate – how will the first appointment define us as a nation?' |url=https://theconversation.com/australia-is-to-have-a-poet-laureate-how-will-the-first-appointment-define-us-as-a-nation-198769 |access-date=1 April 2024 |website=The Conversation}}</ref> Before 2023, Australia had not had an official poet laureate scheme, despite past suggestions.<ref>{{cite news |date=3 May 1945 |title=Australian poet laureate |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1091045 |access-date=21 June 2020 |newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)]] |location=Victoria, Australia |page=5 |via=Trove}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Noonan |first1=Kathleen |date=12 October 2009 |title=Australia needs a poet laureate |url=https://www.news.com.au/news/australia-needs-a-laureate/news-story/c0f0f33e4996bb83b569583c697163d5?sv=91375cad4ac443e28dd414b63da7569b |access-date=21 June 2020 |agency=news.com.au}}</ref>  In 1818, former convict [[Michael Massey Robinson]] was paid by colony governor [[Lachlan Macquarie]] for services as poet laureate.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Schwartz |first1=Steven |date=28 February 2018 |title=Australia needs a Poet Laureate |url=https://www.cis.org.au/commentary/articles/australia-needs-a-poet-laureate/ |access-date=21 June 2020 |website=The Centre for Independent Studies}}</ref>  Over the years, other poets have been nominated as worthy of such a title, including [[James Brunton Stephens]] (1835–1902),<ref>{{cite news |date=6 July 1894 |title=Brunton Stephens. Australian Poet Laureate |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article181830291 |access-date=21 June 2020 |newspaper=[[The Week (Brisbane)|The Week]] |location=Queensland, Australia |page=10 |via=Trove}}</ref> [[Banjo Paterson|Andrew Barton 'Banjo' Paterson]] (1864–1941),<ref>{{cite news |date=15 April 1933 |title=Gallery of Australian authors. 'Banjo' Paterson, Poet Laureate. |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article113453960 |access-date=21 June 2020 |newspaper=[[Queensland Times]] |location=Queensland, Australia |page=10 (Daily.) |via=Trove}}</ref> and [[Les Murray (poet)|Les Murray]] (1938–2019).<ref>{{cite news |last1=McNab |first1=Heather |date=12 June 2019 |title=Australia's unofficial poet laureate Les Murray farewelled |url=https://www.afr.com/life-and-luxury/arts-and-culture/australia-s-unofficial-poet-laureate-les-murray-farewelled-20190612-p51x3m |access-date=21 June 2020 |publisher=Australian Financial Review}}</ref>

==== Fiji ====
Poets laureate of [[Fiji]] include [[Kamla Prasad Mishra]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lal |first=Brij V. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_uS3DwAAQBAJ |title=Levelling Wind: Remembering Fiji |date=2019-10-15 |publisher=ANU Press |isbn=978-1-76046-267-3 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AftyBgAAQBAJ |title=Indian Diaspora: Socio-Cultural and Religious Worlds |date=2015-02-04 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=978-90-04-28806-5 |language=en}}</ref>

==== Kiribati ====
Poets laureate of [[Kiribati]] include [[Danny Wilson (poet)|Danny Wilson]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=What In The World ...? -- Verse Case: A Little Doggerel Goes A Long Way In Kiribati {{!}} The Seattle Times |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19961224&slug=2366568 |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=archive.seattletimes.com}}</ref>

==== New Zealand ====
{{Main|New Zealand Poet Laureate}}
[[New Zealand]] has had an official poet laureate since 1998. Originally sponsored by Te Mata vineyards and known as the Te Mata Estate Poet Laureate, the award is now administered by the [[National Library of New Zealand]] and the holder is called New Zealand Poet Laureate. The term of office is two years. The symbol of office is a [[Tokotoko]], a carved wooden ceremonial orator's staff.

The first holder was [[Bill Manhire]], in 1998–99, then [[Hone Tuwhare]] (2000–01), [[Elizabeth Smither]] (2002–03), [[Brian Turner (New Zealand poet)|Brian Turner]] (2004–05), [[Jenny Bornholdt]] (2006–07), [[Michele Leggott]] (2008–09), [[Cilla McQueen]] (2009–11), [[Ian Wedde]] (2011–13), [[Vincent O'Sullivan (New Zealand poet)|Vincent O'Sullivan]] (2013–15), [[C. K. Stead]] (2015–2017), [[Selina Tusitala Marsh]] (2017–2019), [[David Eggleton]] (2019–2021) and [[Chris Tse (New Zealand writer)|Chris Tse]] (2022–2024).<ref name="NZ_Herald_10480540">{{cite news |date=December 5, 2007 |title=Auckland professor named NZ Poet Laureate |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/category/story.cfm?c_id=18&objectid=10480540 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130223015403/http://www.nzherald.co.nz/category/story.cfm?c_id=18&objectid=10480540 |archive-date=February 23, 2013 |access-date=September 12, 2011 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=New Zealand Poet Laureate |url=http://nzpoetlaureate.natlib.govt.nz/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120106012654/http://nzpoetlaureate.natlib.govt.nz/ |archive-date=January 6, 2012 |access-date=January 5, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Poet Laureate Award |url=http://www.poetlaureate.org.nz/p/award.html |access-date=March 14, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Chumko |first=André |date=2022-08-25 |title=Chris Tse is New Zealand's next poet laureate |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/books/129671879/chris-tse-is-new-zealands-next-poet-laureate |access-date=2023-04-25 |website=Stuff |language=en}}</ref>

==== Papua New Guinea ====
[[Allan Natachee]] was proclaimed the Poet Laureate of [[Papua New Guinea]] by the United Poets Laureate International.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vol. 44, No. 9 ( Sep. 1, 1973) |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-337039292/view?sectionId=nla.obj-340982241&partId=nla.obj-337113529#page/n78/mode/1up |access-date=2024-09-26 |website=Trove |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Beier |first=Ulli |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iph0AAAAMAAJ |title=Decolonising the Mind: The Impact of the University of Culture and Identity in Papua New Guinea, 1971-1974 |date=2005 |publisher=Pandanus |isbn=978-1-74076-137-6 |language=en}}</ref>

==== Tonga ====
Poets laureate of [[Tonga]] include Noble [[Tu'ivakano|Tu'ivakanō]] (Siaosi Kiu Ngalumoetutulu Kiutau{{fakau'a}}ivailahi Kao).<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u0PjAAAAMAAJ |title=Pacific Islands Monthly |date=1968 |publisher=Pacific Publications. |language=en}}</ref>