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.
[1] 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.
[2] 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.