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Anthology
A Cabbage Press Anthology. Auckland: Cabbage Press, 1979. Voyager link
A good handful: great New Zealand poems about sex. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2008. Voyager link
An Anthology of New Zealand Poetry in English. Auckland: Oxford University Press, 1997. Voyager link
Evening Post January 31 (1997): 5.
Otago Daily Times February 8 (1997): 22.
Listener February 22 (1997): 48-49.
Metro 190; April (1997): 108-109.
The Press April 12 (1997): sup.p.12.
Overland 148; Spring (1997): 53-58.
Landfall 194; Spring (1997): 341-345.
JAAM: just another art movement 8; Nov (1997): 79-82.
New Zealand Doctor December 10 (1997): 40.
Meanjin 57.1; (1998): 198-202.
Anthology of New Zealand Poetry in English. Auckland: Oxford University Press, 1997. Voyager link
Cabbage Press Anthology. Auckland: Cabbage Press, 1979. Voyager link
Painted poems: one artist, 20 poems. Dunedin: Longacre Press, 2007. Voyager link
The Awa Book of New Zealand Science. Wellington: N.Z. Awa Science, 2008. Voyager link
The Cats Whiskers: New Zealand Writers on Cats. Auckland: Vintage, 2005. Voyager link
Three Poets. Wellington: Capricorn Press, 1958. Voyager link
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Children’s Fiction
Starkey the gentle pirate. Wellington, Steele Roberts 2010.
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Drama
George, the Mad Ad-man: a play in one act. 1967.
Shsh! Hes Becoming a Republic: play for radio. 1970.
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Memoir
Sorry, I'm a stranger here myself: a memoir. Auckland, Vintage 2004. Voyager link
"Telling it like it was (perhaps)." New Zealand Books 15.1; Mar (2005): 14.
"Books." Metro Auckland 279; Sept (2004): 117.
"The double exile of Peter Bland." Listener 195.3353; August 14 (2004): 46.
"Books." Otago Daily Times August 14 (2004): sup.p.5.
"The many faces of Peter Bland ." Sunday Star Times August 1 (2004): C6.
"Poet’s life alone." Press August 14 (2004): D11.
"Through the looking-glass." New Zealand Herald August 14 (2004): sup.p.35.
"We’re in his debt ." Dominion Post August 7 (2004): E10.
"The best of books & music: New Zealand books ." North and South 223; Oct (2004): 98-100.
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Motion Picture
Came a Hot Friday. 1984.
"Review of Came a Hot Friday (motion picture)." Variety 318; February 20 (1985): 23-23.
"Comic concoctions." Listener 118.2491; November 14 (1987): 6.
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Poetry
"A Hindu holy man sees God in a Surrey garden." TLS (Times Literary Supplement) 4029; June 13 (1980): 664-664.
"A meeting in Barcelona." New Zealand Books 11.3; Aug (2001): 15-15.
"Auckland Letter." PN Review 30.2; Nov/Dec (2003): 8-8.
"Barcelona; Drifter; Song of the Nomad; Voyages." Sport 31; Spring (2003): 184-188.
"Black; Living by rivers - Putney 1997; Samarkand; Song of the nomad." PN Review 25.6; Jul/Aug (1999): 52-52.
"'Bless I in living now my father's house'; The nighwatchman." Landfall 57; Mar (1961): 32-34.
Domestic Interiors. Wellington, Wai-te-ata Press 1964.
"Embarkations." TLS (Times Literary Supplement) 4034; July 18 (1980): 798-798.
"Fires; Gulls go hunting in immaculate waters." Landfall 60; Jan (1961): 300-301.
"Four poems. (Poems titled Borderlands; Here...; A view from the bedroom window; Message in a bottle.) ." PN Review 28.5; May/June (2002): 57-57.
"Heaven and other poems." Quote Unquote 31; Jan (1996): 22-23.
"L.A. Suburban." TLS (Times Literary Supplement) 4155; November 19 (1982): 1282-1282.
Let’s meet: poems 1985-2000. Wellington, Steele Roberts 2003. Voyager link
"Lets meet." TLS (Times Literary Supplement) 4563; September 14 (1990): 983-983.
Loss. Wellington, Steele Roberts 2010. Voyager link
Mr Maui: Poems. London, 1976. Voyager link
Mr Maui’s monologues. Wellington, Steele Roberts 2008. Voyager link
"Lear in a rest home." Listener 214.3553; June 14 (2008): 42.
My Side of the Story: Poems 1960-1964. Auckland, Mate Books 1964. Voyager link
"Reviews ." Landfall 74; (1965): 185-194.
"Recent verse." Comment: a New Zealand Quarterly Review 26; Mar (1966): 34-36.
"Notes for the park keeper." TLS (Times Literary Supplement) 4266; January 4 (1985): 11-11.
"Painting a childhood primitive (circa 1943)." TLS (Times Literary Supplement) June 23 (1995).
Paper Boats: Poems. Dunedin, McIndoe Publishers 1991. Voyager link
"Bland moves into a mellower mood." Dominion August 31 (1991): 7.
"Books." Listener 131.2690; October 14 (1991): 63.
"Unhurried style dominant mood." New Zealand Herald October 12 (1991): s.2 p.6.
Penguin Book of Contemporary New Zealand Poetry. Auckland, Penguin Books 1989. Voyager link
Peter Bland: Selected Poems. Dunedin, McIndoe Publishers 1987. Voyager link
"Books: Painting poems ." 118.2483; September 19 1987: 61.
"Poems addressed to Curnow." Verse 8.2; Summer (1990): 24-36.
"Poems for postcards." Quote Unquote 8; Jan/Feb (1994): 23-25.
Ports of Call. Wellington, Steele Roberts 2003. Voyager link
"The lyricism, and dog food, of Brigitte Bardot ." Listener 192.3331; March 13 (2003): 56.
Primitives: Poems. Wellington, Wai-te-ata Press 1979. Voyager link
"Remote." Landfall 218; Spring (2009): 136-137.
Seaside donkeys... . 2008.
Selected Poems. Manchester, Carcanet 1998. Voyager link
"Careless of landfall." New Zealand Books 9.1; Mar (1999): 15-16.
Landfall 198; Spring (1999): 334-336.
"Soil." TLS (Times Literary Supplement) 4094; September 18 (1981): 1057-1057.
Stone Tents. London, London Magazine Editions 1981. Voyager link
"Storm beach - Coromandel." New Zealand Books 13.4; Oct (2003): 11-11.
"Sunstroke in the supermarket ." Comment: a New Zealand Quarterly Review 18; Jan (1964): 21.
"Survivors." Landfall Spring (1998).
"The 1929 Essex six." New Zealand Books 17.1; Autumn (2007): 13.
The Crusoe Factor: Poems. London, 1985.
"Book reviews." Landfall 157; (1986): 93-98.
"The ditch." TLS (Times Literary Supplement) 3998; November 17 (1978): 1335-1335.
"The gift." New Zealand Books 19.1; Autumn (2009): 7.
The Man with the Carpet Bag: Poems. Christchurch, Caxton Press 1972. Voyager link
"Sampled voices." Islands 2.2; Winter (1973): 208-212.
"Reviews." Landfall 107; Sept (1973): 259-265.
The night kite: poems for children. Wellington, 2004. Voyager link
"Night flight of fancy." Sunday Star Times May 16 (2004): sup.p.20.
"Book reviews." Magpies: talking about books for children 19.2; May (2004): sup.p.5-8.
"A wink to the grown-ups." New Zealand Books 14.3; Aug (2004): 5.
"The visit." Broadsheet Night Press 2; Nov (2008): 6-7.
"Travelling west." Landfall 198; Spring (1999): 290-290.
"Two poems. (Poems titled A voice from the marginlands; Moving house.) ." PN Review 29.2; Nov/Dec (2002): 47-47.
"Up there." TLS (Times Literary Supplement) 3989; September 15 (1978): 1006-1006.
"View from a bench - Putney; Sorry, Im a stranger here myself...; A humid night in Grey Lynn." Sport 28; Autumn (2002): 144-145.
"Viewing primitives." TLS (Times Literary Supplement) 4307; October 18 (1985): 1162-1162.
"Wellington in the 1950s : a literary recollection." PN Review 20.3; (1994): 43-45.
"X-ray." Listener April 5 (2003): 65-65.
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Short Story
"The body." Landfall 188; Spring (1994): 224-226.
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Short Story Collection
Out of town: writing from the New Zealand countryside. Christchurch, Shoal Bay Press 1999. Voyager link
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Symposium
"A symposium." Landfall 29; Dec (1975): 294-304.
 

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Anthology
Doyle, Charles. Recent Poetry in New Zealand. Collins, Auckland, 1965.
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Article
Monin, Nanette. "LEtranger." Landfall 123; Sept (1977): 238-239.
Bourke, Chris. "Mr Mobile." Listener 110.2375; August 24 (1985): 28-29.
Leigh, Jack. "Face value." New Zealand Womans Weekly September 15 (1986): 20-21.
Gifkins, Michael. "Tolkien on tour.." Listener 117.2473; July 18 (1987): 71-71.
Easther, Caroline. "Laugh a minute? ...." Agenda 45; Aug (1988): 9-9.
Loates, Lynn. "Pet passions." More 55; Jan (1988): 30-38.
"NZ poets win top awards." Evening Post April 18 (1990): 35-35.
Braunias, Steve. "The second man." Listener 191.3316; December 29 (2003): 50-53.
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Criticism
Smithyman, Kendrick. "Post-war New Zealand poetry: the true voice of feeling." Mate 11; (1973): 31-48.
Smithyman, Kendrick. Wellington and the Fifties: the true voice of feeling. In, Essays on New Zealand literature. Heinemann Educational Books, Auckland, 1973.
"Beginnings." Islands 8; Oct (1980): 230-234.
Sharrad, Paul. Poets in a second grade heaven: social criticism in New Zealand poetry, 1964-1966. In: Poetry of the Pacific Region: Proceedings of the CRNLE/SPACLALS Conference. Centre for Research in the New Literatures in English, Adelaide, 1984: 39-51.
Duggan, Michael. "Poetry, Like." PN Review 25.2; Nov/Dec (1998): 67-68.
O'Brien, Gregory. "A short history of the poem in New Zealand painting." PN Review 29.6; (2003): 18-26.
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Memoir
Bland, Peter. Sorry, I'm a stranger here myself: a memoir. Vintage, Auckland, 2004.
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