Poetry like this, year after year, engraved his place upon the landscapes of Central Otago and the Southern Alps in language that everyone could understand. They have become keepsakes, expressing for ...

The term Renaissance man could have been coined specifically to describe Oturehua writer, sportsman, conservationist and environmental activist Brian Turner, who died yesterday, aged 80.

Brian Turner, the acclaimed former New Zealand Poet Laureate, has passed away at the age of 80. According to New Zealand news outlet Newsroom, his death was attributed to a heart attack.