Alistair Hawaiki Campbell, ONZM (25 June 1925 â€" 16 August 2009)[1]
was a New Zealand poet, playwright, and novelist. His father was a New
Zealand Scot and his mother was a Cook Island Maori from Penrhyn
Island.Campbell was born in Rarotonga and spent his childhood on
Penrhyn island, the home of his mother, Teu Bosini. His father's name
was John Archibald (Jock) Campbell. In 1932, when Campbell was seven,
his mother died from tuberculosis. The following year, his father also
died, and he was sent with his two brothers to an orphanage in
Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand.Campbell lived most of his
life in New Zealand, mainly around the Wellington region, and for
several decades in Pukerua Bay, Porirua.
was a New Zealand poet, playwright, and novelist. His father was a New
Zealand Scot and his mother was a Cook Island Maori from Penrhyn
Island.Campbell was born in Rarotonga and spent his childhood on
Penrhyn island, the home of his mother, Teu Bosini. His father's name
was John Archibald (Jock) Campbell. In 1932, when Campbell was seven,
his mother died from tuberculosis. The following year, his father also
died, and he was sent with his two brothers to an orphanage in
Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand.Campbell lived most of his
life in New Zealand, mainly around the Wellington region, and for
several decades in Pukerua Bay, Porirua.
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