Literature

The most important figure in New Zealand literature is Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923) His best-known stories are: The Doll's House, At the Bay, and The Garden Party, which tells of a great way Zealand life from the early colonial XX.

at the beginning of the twentieth century the country saw new and prominent writers emerged like John Mulgan (Man Alone), Robin Hyde (The Godwits Fly), Maurice Shadbolt (Strangers and Journeys), and Janet Frame (Owls do Cry). Currently many of the great figures of literature are Maori. Such as Patricia Grace, Witi Ihimaera and Alan Duff.
Much of the poetry written in this country has as its central theme the landscape of the islands. the poets most highlighted are: James K. Baxter, ARD Fairburn, Denis Glover, Allen Curnow, and Sam Hunt.