Gordon ChallisGordon Challis

Gordon Challis (1932-2018) was born in England to Welsh parents, and settled in New Zealand in 1953. He was the author of three collections of verse, and Steele Roberts published his Selected Verse in 2016. He worked in psychiatric health in Hastings and Porirua. Challis lived his final years in Takaka.

The Friday Poems: Four by Gordon Challis, 1932-2018

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In memoriam: Golden Bay poet Gordon Challis. Spinoff Review of Books literary editor Steve Braunias writes: Takaka writer Gordon Challis died on March 2. He was 85. His was a discrete presence in New Zealand poetry to the point where he was defined by absence: in 1960, Landfall editor Charles Brasch named Challis as one … Read more