Sam Hunt reading from Salt River Songs

Sam Hunt CNZM, QSM is unique among New Zealand poets in his ability to take not only his own poems but those of Yeats, Baxter, Alistair Te Ariki Campbell and Dylan Thomas, to name just a few, into pubs from Kaipara to Bottle Creek and hold audiences spell-bound. His latest book of poems, Salt River Songs, is being launched on July 4th to mark his 70th birthday. Death is a recurring theme but it’s far from a gloomy collection. Video filmed and edited by Luke McPake, and produced by Jeremy Rose, for RNZ.