Piet Nieuwland is a creative of Whangarei. Throughout his career he maintained an active interest in visual art and writing. Poetry is his principal form of expression.
He has built an international record of publication of poetry and flash fiction, appearing in numerous journals and anthologies published in Aotearoa/New Zealand, Australia, U.S.A., India, Antarctica and elsewhere. His poems have appeared in solo and group art exhibitions and Pechakucha presentations.
He is editor of Fast Fibres Poetry, an active performance poet and appeared for many years as a regular at Poetry Live in Auckland. In Whangarei he convenes regular poetry events for the local community.
He studied forestry science at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch and worked as a conservation planner and strategist in Northland Aotearoa/NewZealand.
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