Eleven poems written by New Zealand secondary school students have been shortlisted as finalists in this year's New Zealand Post National Schools Poetry Awards. The winners will be announced on 28 August 2009 at a ceremony in Wellington.

More students get the chance to showcase their writing talents in an expanded New Zealand Post National Schools Poetry Awards this year.

22 July 2008 - Relationships, world issues, families, love, grief and individual observations are just some of the subjects explored by teenage poets in this year's New Zealand Post National Schools Poetry Awards.