Tuesday, 22 October 2019

James K Baxter's death

Death of poet James K. Baxter
22 October 1972
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James K Baxter one of New Zealand’s most accomplished poets died at the age of 46 in Auckland.  Hundreds of people attended the full Maori tangihanga.

Baxter had devoted the last years of his life to social work among alcoholics and drug addicts.

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