Tina Makereti

Tina Makereti is a New Zealand novelist, essayist, and short story writer, editor and creative writing teacher. Her work has been widely published and she has been the recipient of writing residencies in New Zealand and overseas. Her book ''Once Upon a Time in Aotearoa'' won the inaugural fiction prize at the Ngā Kupu Ora Māori Book Awards in 2011, and ''Where the Rēkohu Bone Sings'' won the Ngā Kupu Ora Aotearoa Māori Book Award for Fiction in 2014. She lives on the Kāpiti Coast, New Zealand. Provided by Wikipedia