Robin Hyde
Poet, novelist, journalist, traveller
1906—1939
Yet I think, having used my words as the kings used gold,
Ere we came by the rustling jest of the paper kings,
I who am overbold will be steadily bold,
In the counted tale of things.
From 'Words' in Young Knowledge: The Poems of Robin Hyde, ed. Michele Leggott, Auckland University Press, 2003
Where to find it
At one end of curved wooden seating on Te Papa Promenade, facing the harbour.
- Wheelchair accessible
About the author
Iris Wilkinson wrote prolifically from her teenage years – mostly poetry and short stories – and at 17 she began her lifelong engagement with professional writing, as a reporter on The Dominion. Over the years she was a columnist, editor, feature writer and parliamentary reporter for various newspapers.
Wilkinson continued to publish poetry, then a series of novels, writing from 1927 under her pen-name, Robin Hyde. She was of a generation of writers whose consciousness of their identity as New Zealanders was a wellspring of inspiration.
With thanks to The Dominion
