Alistair Te Ariki Campbell (b. 1925) has a long
association with Victoria University throughout his career as a poet,
playwright, novelist and autobiographer. He was a student when Mine
Eyes Dazzle achieved early success in 1950, and his
most
recent volume of new poems, Death and the 'Tagua',
was published in a fine-print edition by the University's
Wai-te-ata Press in 1996. Other significant titles include
Wild Honey (1964), The Dark Lord of Savaiki
(1980) and Pocket Collected Poems (1996). He was awarded an Honorary DLitt in Victoria
University's Centennial Year, 1999.
