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.DAVID EGGLETON is a performance poet and writer who grew up between Fiji and New Zealand. Eggleton's many awards include six times Book Reviewer of the Year in the Montana New Zealand Book Awards, PEN Best First Book of Poetry in 1987, the Robert Burns Fellowship and, uniquely among New Zealand poets, he was London Time Out's Street Entertainer of the Year in 1985. David has also received the Prime Ministers award for poetry and in 2019 was appointed Poet Laureate of Aotearoa NZ {2019-2022}. He has also written or contributed to many books on the arts in New Zealand, and has produced several documentaries, CDs and short films.