Our Kaupapa
New Zealand Poetry Slam was founded in 2011 by Michael Rudd and Michelle Bolton. The first National Poetry Slam Finals were held in October of 2011 with poets representing Auckland, Wellington, and Christchurch. In 2012, the winner of the finals Ali Jacs, was flown to Australia to feature at the Australian Poetry Slam Finals and the top three winners were flown to Australia to compete at the first Trans-Tasman Slam in early 2013.
Dedicated to furthering awareness and appreciation of poetry and live performance, the NZ Poetry Slam organises, promotes, and executes a yearly National Poetry Slam to crown New Zealand's top performance poet, although everyone agrees you can't judge art with numbers. After six consecutive years, we have representatives currently from seven different cities around the country and we are always looking for new communities to be represented. The NZ National Poetry Slam Finals are hosted once a year at the beginning of November.
Dedicated to furthering awareness and appreciation of poetry and live performance, the NZ Poetry Slam organises, promotes, and executes a yearly National Poetry Slam to crown New Zealand's top performance poet, although everyone agrees you can't judge art with numbers. After six consecutive years, we have representatives currently from seven different cities around the country and we are always looking for new communities to be represented. The NZ National Poetry Slam Finals are hosted once a year at the beginning of November.
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Who we are
Carrie Rudzinski is a poet, published author and teaching artist who has performed her work over the past 15 years in 6 countries and across the United States. In 2019, she won the Pussy Riot award at the Auckland Fringe Festival and performed at TedX Christchurch. Featured in Bustle, HuffPost and Teen Vogue, she is a programme coordinator for the Michael King Writer’s Centre and co-founder of the JAFA Poetry Slam. Carrie currently resides in Mount Eden with her partner and plants.
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Michael Moore
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Travis Cottreau
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Ben Fagan (Pākehā) is a spoken word poet and producer from Te Matau-a-Māui & Te Whanganui-a-Tara. He has shared his work across the UK, USA and NZ, including writing and performing two poetry shows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. His debut collection Some Traveller was published in the UK in 2017 by Bx3, then in 2018 he co-founded Motif Poetry | Ruri Tūtohu, a kiwi poetry company. Ben is part of the team behind the New Zealand Poetry Slam, National Youth Drama School and Choirs Aotearoa New Zealand. He was a guest curator of Verb Writers Festival 2019.
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