Sam Hunt

In a 2021 conversation, New Zealand poet Sam Hunt spoke to Trevor Reekie about music, mortality and creativity while sharing some of his favourite songs. Video, Audio

William Dart looks at New Zealand poets set to music by New Zealand songwriters - including Sam Hunt set by the late Fane Flaws with his band The Bend. Audio

Sam Hunt talks to Trevor Reekie about his enduring passion for words and rhyme and includes a tasteful selection of songs that continue to resonate with him.  Video, Audio

Three Minutes Max, succinct opinions from Kiwis on topics of their choice. Broadcaster, raconteur and surfer Gary McCormick discusses the philosophy of having a less tidy life and learning to ride the… Audio

Sam Hunt is holed up in the far north listening to Bob Dylan and German composer Ernest Bloch but mostly listening to silence. He talks to Karyn Hay and reads a couple of poems. Video, Audio

Day two of New Zealand’s Covid-19 lockdown is nearly done and dusted. 

Most of us have toed the line so far… most of us. 

So as a special treat for our first weekend under the ‘stay home, stay… Video, Audio

Journalist and author Colin Hogg is a long-time friend of New Zealand poet Sam Hunt. He's now written a book - his second about Hunt, the first was Angel Gear - that's a tale of friendship between two… Audio

Sam Hunt is New Zealand's best known poet. He's been writing and performing his work for nearly 50 years, and has just published a new selection of his work over the years - called Coming To It -… Audio

Selina Tusitala Marsh is a Waiheke Island-based poet of Samoan, Tuvaluan, Scottish and French descent whose latest collection of poems, Tightrope, is published this week. Selina reads a couple of… Video, Audio

Music 101 pays tribute to the life and career of Leonard Cohen. Poet Sam Hunt, Cohen's biographer Sylvie Simmons, and Professor of Religious Studies Paul Morris join Alex Behan to reflect on Cohen's… Audio

Poet Sam Hunt shared his vote for Settling the Score with David Morriss on RNZ Concert's Classic Afternoons. Audio

Friday is National Poetry Day - with all sorts of celebrations of verse happening around the country; check out NZPoetryDay on Facebook for details. Audio

Sam Hunt shares his birthday with the United States of America. And there will be those who feel that the 70th birthday of New Zealand's best known poet is equally deserving of a public holiday. Sam… Video, Audio, Gallery