Glenn Colquhoun

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A scene from the 2014 film Field Punishment No 1, which told the story of NZ WWI conscientious objectors including Archibald Baxter and William Little

Lockdown letters #29, Glen Colquhoun: An Anzac memorial

'Can’t see the point in celebrating the day until we can say where we went wrong too.'

By Glenn Colquhoun | 24th April, 2020

Lockdown letters #24, Glenn Colquhoun: Chewing the fat with Adam Smith

Lockdown letters #24, Glenn Colquhoun: Chewing the fat with Adam Smith

Letters to Hone Tūwhare and his Travelling Band of Constant Companions, continued.

By Glenn Colquhoun | 19th April, 2020

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Lockdown letters #19, Glenn Colquhoun: Jesus pokes a dead stingray with a stick

'I took a walk Easter Friday. Looked out for you everywhere. The churches are down at the moment. All I have is the beach.'

By Glenn Colquhoun | 14th April, 2020

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Lockdown letters #14, Glenn Colquhoun: Down the back of the bus

'It is sobering watching what a country can do if it wants to. Having been told for so long that nothing is possible. These are strange times down the back of the bus, John.'

By Glenn Colquhoun | 9th April, 2020

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Lockdown letters #9, Glenn Colquhoun: ‘C’mon OldKing, it’s time for the footy’

Today, writer and doctor Glenn Colquhoun, with the second of his Letters to Hone Tūwhare and his Travelling Band of Constant Companions.

By Glenn Colquhoun | 4th April, 2020

Hone Tuwhare. Photo: RNZ

Lockdown letters, #4, Glenn Colquhoun: A note to Hone Tūwhare

A letter to poet Hone Tūwhare – and his Travelling Band of Constant Companions

By Glenn Colquhoun | 30th March, 2020

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Māui’s Fish: a view of the NZ health system from the end of a corridor in a Levin hospital

Our health system is broken. It has betrayed its community rather than served it, writes Glenn Colquhoun, a poet and doctor based on the Kāpiti coast.

By Glenn Colquhoun | 9th February, 2020