Harvey McQueen

Harvey McQueen was born in Little River, Banks Peninsula, and educated at Akaroa District High School, Christchurch Boys' High School and Canterbury University.
Co-editor of The Penguin Book of New Zealand Verse, he has also published six volumes of poetry. In 2002 he was made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to education and literature.
Harvey McQueen died on Christmas Day, 2010 after a long illness.By Harvey McQueen
This Piece of Earth: A Life in My New Zealand Garden
Awa Press, November 2004


