Michael Rudd

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Michael Rudd is a New Zealand performance poet. He won a number of poetry slams during the time he spent living in Australia, and was a finalist in the Poetry Olympics.[http://www.poetrycafe.co.nz/biographies/michael-rudd.htm New Zealand Poetry – Michael Rudd – Biography] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080224032228/http://www.poetrycafe.co.nz/biographies/michael-rudd.htm |date=February 24, 2008 }}

Rudd also organises poetry events. He established numerous poetry reading and open mic nights over the years, around Auckland in NZ and in Melbourne and Sydney in Australia.{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/download/Goingwestslam2007/waitakere.govt.nz20080608.pdf|title=Annual Going West Poetry Slam|work=Waitakere City Council|accessdate=10 May 2018}}

He has been the MC for the Going West Poetry Slam, which has been running annually in West Auckland since 2004, and organised the first New Zealand National Poetry Slam.