Footfall Author:Brian Turner Brian Turner was appointed as the fourth Te Mata Estate New Zealand Poet Laureate in 2003. Administered by the National Library of New Zealand and funded by the New Zealand Government, the Poet Laureate is selected biennially and receives an award of $50,000 per year. — The fruits of Brian Turner's two-year tenure as the Te Mata Estate ... more »Poet Laureate were published in Footfall. He writes frankly and perceptively of the delicate relationships between people, and his work evokes the nature and depth of the attachment of people to places. It was nominated in the 2006 shortlist for the Montana New Zealand Book Awards.« less