“There are rabbits here / I cannot see // journal in arm / did he write of me?” (from ‘five cents’, Loredana Podolska-Kint)

There Are Rabbits Here selects poetry and haiku from the 2025 International Competition of the New Zealand Poetry Society | Te Rōpū Toikupu o Aotearoa. Alongside judges’ picks and prizewinners, this anthology presents favourites from over 1500 submissions received, including 61 new poems from the competition’s Adult Open division, 17 from its Open Junior, 41 from its Adult Haiku, and 21 from its Haiku Junior. Bringing local voices into conference with international ones, There Are Rabbits Here is the latest showcase of what has become one of Aotearoa’s most treasured poetry competitions.