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Auckland poem

Auckland poem

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Allen Curnow is among New Zealand’s most celebrated poets. He lived in Tohunga Crescent, Parnell. This poem, ‘The weather in Tohunga Crescent’, was written between 1979 and 1981.

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Jenifer Curnow
Reference: Allen Curnow, Continuum: new and later poems, 1972–1988. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 1988, p. 61

Permission to reproduce the work of Allen Curnow courtesy of the copyright owner, Mrs Jenifer Curnow, c/- Tim Curnow, literary agent and consultant, Lane Cove, Sydney

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Margaret McClure. 'Auckland region', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 25-Sep-11
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/auckland-region/12/3