Jennifer Mary Bornholdt MNZM (born 1 November 1960) is a New Zealand poet and anthologist.

Born in Lower Hutt, Bornholdt received a bachelor's degree in English Literature and a Diploma in Journalism.

In addition, Bornholdt won the 2002 Meridian Energy Katherine Mansfield Memorial Fellowship, was a recipient of one of the 2003 Arts Foundation of New Zealand Laureate Awards, and was named the fifth Te Mata Estate New Zealand Poet Laureate in 2005.

[3][4][5] In the 2014 New Year Honours, Bornholdt was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services as a poet.

[6] In 2023 Te Herenga Waka University Press published A Garden is a Long Time by Bornholdt and Annemarie Hope-Cross.