In this episode of the Greenstone-produced arts series, Sam Hunt interviews acclaimed New Zealand poet Alistair Te Ariki Campbell at his Pukerua Bay home. Campbell talks about his early childhood in the Cook Islands as the child of a Pākehā father and Polynesian mother, and how he adjusted to living in New Zealand at the age of seven, when they both died. Campbell also reads a selection of poems from different stages of his life. The programme ends with Auckland pianist Tamas Vesmas playing a Debussy prelude in a recital at the Auckland Art Gallery.
rarotonga, poem, penrhyn island, writer, polynesia, piano, poet, music, cook islands, mental illness
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