Sources
Johanna Aitchison: ‘the air was freaky with champagne’ was published in Turbine 08
Hinemoana Baker: ‘Last Born’ was published in Turbine 08
Emma Barnes: ‘Passive Aggressive Letter To A John’ was published in Landfall 216, 2008
David Beach: ‘Te Aro 12’ was published in The End of Atlantic City, Victoria University Press, 2008
Peter Bland: ‘Seaside donkeys . . . ’ was published in Mr Maui’s Monologues, Steele Roberts, 2008
Jenny Bornholdt: ‘Fitter Turner’ was published in The Rocky Shore, Victoria University Press, 2008
Amy Brown: ‘The Propaganda Poster Girl’ was published in The Propaganda Poster Girl, Victoria University Press, 2008
Cliff Fell: ‘Two L tt s fo Lo d uth fo d’ was published in Beauty of the Badlands, Victoria University Press, 2008
Joan Fleming: ‘Theory of light’ was published in The Lumière Reader, 2008
Bernadette Hall: ‘Leda at the Billabong’ was published in Sport 36, 2008
Sam Hunt: ‘Lines for a New Year’ was published in Doubtless: New and Selected Poems, Craig Potton Publishing, 2008
Lynn Jenner: ‘Womens Business’ was published in Turbine 08
Michele Leggott: ‘the liberty of parrots’ was published in Trout 15, 2008
Jean McCormack: ‘Calling the ex at seventy-nine’ was published in ka mate ka ora 6, 2008
Emma Neale: ‘Mirror’ was published in Spark, Steele Roberts, 2008
Gregory O’Brien: ‘Romantic Voyage’ was published in Fulcrum 6, 2008
Bob Orr: ‘Kiwitahi Way’ was published in Calypso, Auckland University Press, 2008
Chris Orsman: ‘A First Landing’ was published in The Lakes of Mars, Auckland University Press, 2008
Richard Reeve: The untitled proem ‘Unheeding any language . . . ’ was published in In Continents, Auckland University Press, 2008
Sam Sampson: ‘Header Tank’ was published in Everything Talks, Auckland University Press, 2008
Kerrin P. Sharpe: ‘like rain the thunder’ was published in Bravado 13, 2008
Tim Upperton: ‘Four bananas’ was published in Turbine 08
Richard von Sturmer: ‘After Arp’ was published in Trout 15, 2008
Tom Weston: ‘Traffic noise’ was published in Small Humours of Daylight, Steele Roberts, 2008
Sonja Yelich: ‘Less’ was published in Get Some, Auckland University Press, 2008
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