This page is a list of New Zealand poets.

A–E

• Arthur Henry Adams (1872–1936) • Fleur Adcock (born 1934) • Rob Allan (born 1945) • Rosetta Allan (living • Michele Amas (1961–2016) • Isobel Andrews (1905–1990) • K O Arvidson (1938–2011) • Sylvia Ashton-Warner (1908–1984) • Tusiata Avia (born 1966) • Hinemoana Baker (born 1968) • Serie Barford (living) • Mary Anne Barker (Lady Barker) (1831–1911) • John Barr (1809–1889) • Miriam Barr (born 1982) • Blanche Baughan (1870–1958) • James K. Baxter (1926–1972) • Arthur Baysting (1947–2019) • Airini Beautrais (born 1982) • Marlene J Bennetts (born 1938) • Ursula Bethell (1874–1945) • Graham Billing (1936–2001) • Victor Billot (living) • Hera Lindsay Bird (born 1987) • Paddy Blanchfield (1911–1980) • Arapera Blank (1932–2002) • Ivan Bootham (1939–2016) • Jenny Bornholdt (born 1960) • Michael Botur (born 1984) • Thomas Bracken (1843–1898) • Charles Brasch (1909–1973) • Diana Bridge (born 1942) • Bub Bridger (1924–2009) • Diane Brown (born 1951) • Audrey Brown-Pereira (born 1975) • Rachel Bush (1941–2016) • Bernard Cadogan (born 1961) • Kate Camp (born 1972) • Alistair Te Ariki Campbell (1925–2009) • Meg Campbell (1937–2007) • Clyde Carr (1886–1962) • John Caselberg (1927–2004) • Gordon Challis (born 1932–2018) • Janet Charman (born 1954) • Kate Clark (1847–1926) • Geoff Cochrane (born 1951) • Glenn Colquhoun (born 1964) • Jennifer Compton (born 1949) • Kay McKenzie Cooke (born 1953) • Violet May Cottrell (1887–1971) • James Courage (1903–1963) • Mary Cresswell (born 1937) • Walter D'Arcy Cresswell (1896–1960) • Majella Cullinane (living) • Allen Curnow (1911–2001) • Ruth Dallas (1919–2008) • Jackie Davis (born 1963) • Leigh Davis (1955–2009) • Geoffrey Potocki de Montalk (1903–1997) • Stephanie de Montalk (born 1945) • Elena de Roo (living) • John Dennison (born 1978) • George E. Dewar (1895–1965) • Bill Direen (born 1957) • Alfred Domett (1811–1887) • Basil Dowling (1910–2000) • Sam Duckor-Jones (born 1982) • Marilyn Duckworth (born 1935) • Eileen Duggan (1894–1972) • Cathie Dunsford (born 1953) • Lynley Edmeades (living) • Lauris Edmond (1924–2000) • David Eggleton (born 1952) • Chris Else (born 1942) • Riemke Ensing (born 1939) • Margaret Escott (1908–1977)

F–M

• A. R. D. Fairburn (1904–1957) • Fiona Farrell (born 1947) • Joan Fleming (born 1984) • Gary Forrester (born 1946) • Janet Frame (1924–2004) • Ruth France (1913–1968) • Anne French (born 1956) • Kathleen Gallagher (born 1957) • Rhian Gallagher (born 1961) • Ivy Gibbs (1886–1966) • Ruth Gilbert (1917–2016) • Denis Glover (1912–1980) • Paula Green (born 1955) • H. W. Gretton (1914–1983) • Russell Haley (1934–2016) • Bernadette Hall (born 1945) • William Hart-Smith (1911–1990) • Siobhan Harvey (born 1973) • J. H. Haslam (1874–1969) • Dinah Hawken (born 1943) • Kathleen Hawkins (1883–1981) • Joel Hayward (born 1964) • Helen Heath (born 1970) • Dominic Hoey (born 1977) • Jeffrey Paparoa Holman (born 1947) • Ani Hona (1938–1997) • David Howard (born 1959) • Keri Hulme (1947–2021) • Sam Hunt (born 1946) • Rex Hunter (1888–1960) • Robin Hyde (pen name of Iris Wilkinson; 1906–1939) • Kevin Ireland (born 1933) • Anna Jackson (born 1967) • Michael Jackson (born 1940) • Lynn Jenner (living) • Stephanie Johnson (born 1961) • Andrew Johnston (born 1963) • Tim Jones (born 1959) • M. K. Joseph (1914–1981) • Simone Kaho (born 1978) • Kapka Kassabova (born 1973) • Jan Kemp (born 1949) • Anne Kennedy (born 1959) • Alice Annie Kenny (1875–1960) • Fiona Kidman (born 1940) • Saradha Koirala (born 1980) • Eve Langley (1904 –1974) • Owen Leeming (born 1930) • Michele Leggott (born 1956) • Louise Wareham Leonard (born 1965) • Terry Locke (born 1946) • Iain Lonie (1932–1988) • Jean Lonie (1930–1997) • Judith Lonie (1935–1982) • Jessie Mackay (1864–1938) • Bill Manhire (born 1946) • Katherine Mansfield (1888–1923) • Janice Marriott (born 1946) • Selina Tusitala Marsh (born 1971) • R. A. K. Mason (1905–1971) • Rachel McAlpine (born 1940) • Gary McCormick (born 1951) • Carolyn McCurdie (living) • Frankie McMillan (born 1950) • Heather McPherson (1942–2017) • Cilla McQueen (born 1949) • Courtney Sina Meredith (born 1986) • Rowan Metcalfe (1955–2003) • Karlo Mila (born 1974) • Barry Mitcalfe (1930–1986) • David Mitchell (1940–2001) • Tze Ming Mok (born 1978) • Kelly Ana Morey (born 1968) • Michael J T Morrissey (born 1942) • Alan Mulgan (1881–1962) • John Mulgan (1911–1945)

N–Z

• Elizabeth Nannestad (born 1956) • Emma Neale (born 1969) • John Newton (born 1959) • Marjory Nicholls (1890–1930) • Jay Nieuwland (born 1990) • Mikaela Nyman (born 1966) • Michael O'Leary (born 1950) • Peter Olds (1944–2023) • W. H. Oliver (1925–2015) • Alistair Paterson (born 1929) • Evelyn Patuawa-Nathan (living) • Mark Pirie (born 1974) • Vivienne Plumb (born 1955) • Robert J. Pope (1865–1949) • Nina Mingya Powles (born 1993) • Joanna Preston (born 1972) • Chris Price (born 1962)
• Elizabeth Pulford (born 1943) • Maggie Rainey-Smith (born 1950) • Maraea Rakuraku (living) • essa may ranapiri (born 1993/4) • Gloria Rawlinson (1918–1995) • William Pember Reeves (1857–1932) • Harry Ricketts (born 1950) • Elspeth Sandys (born 1940) • Rosie Scott (1948–2017) • William Sewell (1951–2003) • Iain Sharp (born 1953) • Helen Lilian Shaw (1913–1985) • Keith Sinclair (1922–1993) • Tracey Slaughter (born 1972) • Anna Smaill (born 1979) • Elizabeth Smither (born 1941) • Kendrick Smithyman (1922–1995) • Ruby Solly (born 1996) • Laura Solomon (1974–2019) • C. K. Stead (born 1932) • Jacquie Sturm (1927–2009) • Robert Sullivan (born 1967) • Tamairangi (fl. 1820–1828) • Leilani Tamu (living) • Apirana Taylor (born 1955) • Grace Taylor (living) • Tayi Tibble (born 1995) • Mona Tracy (1892–1959) • Chris Tse (born 1982) • Brian Turner (1944) • Hone Tuwhare (1922–2008) • Arnold Wall (1869–1966) • Louise Wallace (born 1983) • Kirsten Warner (born 1956) • Ian Wedde (born 1946) • Albert Wendt (born 1939) • Tom Weston (born 1958) • Reina Whaitiri (born 1943) • Damien Wilkins (born 1963) • Mark Williams (born 1951) • Vernice Wineera (born 1938) • Iona Winter (living) • Alison Wong (born 1960) • Susan Wood (1836–1880) • Sue Wootton (born 1961) • Niel Wright (born 1933) • Sonja Yelich (born 1965) • Ashleigh Young (born 1983)