Tusiata Avia is a New Zealand poet, children’s writer, and performer, known for her dynamic performance style.
Tusiata has taken part in a number of residencies and has received many scholarships, including the Fulbright-Creative New Zealand Pacific Writer’s Residency at the University of Hawai‘i.
In 2013 she won the Janet Frame Literary Award, and her collection Fale Aitu was shortlisted for the 2017 Ockham Book Awards. In 2020, Tusiata Avia was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit and became an Arts Foundation Laureate.
Tusiata Avia’s publications in “TAŬBIN”: