Writers on Mondays

Ōrongohau | Best New Zealand Poems 2022

‘I tried to think of a visitor to our poetry shore— what could I include to show its terrain?’ wrote editor Louise Wallace, introducing some of our poetic landmarks of 2022.

Hear Nick Ascroft, Morgan Bach, James Brown, Anahera Gildea, Tim Jones, Michaela Keeble, Frankie McMillan, Khadro Mohamed, and Sarah Scott read work from this annual anthology in a warm-up for National Poetry Day. Introduced by Damien Wilkins.

Writers on Mondays is presented by the International Institute of Modern Letters with the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Circa Theatre and Phantom Billstickers National Poetry Day.

All welcome and it’s free of charge.