What happened that day?

Kiwi of the Week

  • charles-heaphy-biog.jpg

    Charles Heaphy

    The multi-faceted Charles Heaphy made quite an impact on colonial New Zealand as an artist, explorer, soldier and colonial administrator. He was the first colonial soldier to win the Victoria Cross

    more
    Get KotW as RSS rss feed

This WeeK's Quiz

Today in History

previous 22 October next

rss feed
Death of poet James K. Baxter

1972 Death of poet James K. Baxter

Acknowledged as one of New Zealand’s most accomplished poets, Baxter had devoted the last years of his life to social work among alcoholics and drug addicts. He died in Auckland, aged 46.

more...

Internal links

Poetry and drama - New Zealand literature31 reasons to love NZ books and writingJames K. Baxter

External links

  • James K Baxter (NZ Book Council)
  • He who would be a poet (NZETC)
  • James K Baxter biography (DNZB)
  • Creative life: Writing and publishing (Te Ara)
© Crown Copyright. All text is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 New Zealand Licence. Commercial re-use may be allowed on request. All non-text content is subject to specific conditions.
This site is produced by the History Group of the New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Meet the NZHistory.net.nz team