City at the Centre To write poetry in New

To write poetry in New Zealand as a Pacific migrant is an act of wayfinding

With a detailed and rich text by leading art writer Luke Smythe

at a time when his legacy is being newly appreciated

‘It is my hope that by the time you have walked that path that you are now a different reader and will read those words in a new way

City at the Centre To write poetry in NewA richly illustrated history of an ambitious city Once a small town sited at Te Papaiea, a clearing in the bush that cloaked the Manawat Plains, Palmerston North has always had big city aspirations. Critical to its growth was the railway that runs through it, farming and education. Originally settled by Rangitne, today Palmerston North is home to people from many parts of the world. Why they chose to come to the city, and what they did when they got