Peter Hooper

Guest writer

Peter Hooper (1919-91) was a Greymouth author, teacher and conservationist. He won the New Zealand book award for fiction, for a novel in his acclaimed trilogy set on the West Coast after an apocalypse. He was also a poet and wrote Shade of the Mugumo Tree, about his friendship with Julius Kitivi of Kenya, whom he sponsored through Save the Children.

‘I wanted to tell him that I loved him but could not’: Part 3 in our week-long series on Greymouth writer Peter Hooper

‘I wanted to tell him that I loved him but could not’: Part 3 in our week-long series on Greymouth writer Peter Hooper

All week this week we revisit the life and writing of Greymouth author Peter Hooper (1919-91). Today: an excerpt from Hooper's 1990 book Shade of the Mugumo Tree, a tender account of his journey to Kenya, to visit Julius Kitivi, whom he sponsored through the Save the Children Fund.

By Peter Hooper | 5th April, 2017