he received a Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement. Sam Hunt Wine In June 2015, Hunt released his own range of wines, under the Sam Hunt wine label. The range was developed in association with Auckland-based fine wine retailer and distributor, La Cantina Wines. Each of the five wine varieties (Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir, Merlot Malbec) features poetry from Hunt on the label and has a QR code that enable users to listen Hunt, Kilgour and The Heavy 8s performing brief excerpts of the poems. Published works For a comprehensive list of works, check the catalogue at the National Library of New Zealand From Bottle Creek: Selected Poems 1967–69 (1969) Bracken Country (1971) From Bottle Creek (1972) Roadsong Paekakariki (1973) South Into Winter: Poems and Roadsongs (1973) Time To Ride (1975) Drunkard's Garden (1977) Poems for the Eighties : New Poems (1979) Collected Poems 1963–1980 (1980) Running Scared (1982) Approaches To Paremata (1985) Selected Poems (1987) Making Tracks(1991) Naming the Gods (1992) Down the Backbone (1995) Roaring Forties (1997) James K. Baxter: Poems selected and introduced by Sam Hunt (2008) Doubtless: new and selected poems (2008) Backroads, Charting a Poet's Life (2009) Chords & Other Poems (2011) Knucklebones: Poems 1962 – 2012 (2012)Salt River Songs (2016)Coming To It: Selected Poems (2018) References External links 'Recalling the Poet: Childhood Memories of Sam Hunt', by Meg Mundell, Cordite Poetry Review'' Sam Hunt's website Sam Hunt on the NZ Book Council website Sam Hunt at New Zealand Literature File, the University of Auckland Library Sam Hunt at NZETC Sam Hunt at NZ OnScreen. Stuff: the Sam Hunt Interview 1946 births Living people New Zealand poets New Zealand male poets People educated at St Peter's College, Auckland Recipients of the Queen's Service Medal Companions of the New Zealand Order of Merit People from the Kaipara District Pukerua Bay Residents