This annual residency is offered by Creative New Zealand in partnership with Fulbright New Zealand. It enables a New Zealand writer of Pacific heritage to work on a project exploring Pacific identity, culture or history. The three-month residency is based at the Centre for Pacific Islands Studies at the University of Hawaii.
More about the Fulbright Pacific Writer's Residency
Previous recipients include:
- Oscar Kightley (2019)
- Jessica Hansell a.k.a Coco Solid (2018)
- David Eggleton, poet (2017)
- Miria George, playwright (2016)
- Dr Karlo Mila, poet (2015)
- Leilani Tamu, poet (2013)
- Daren Kamali, poet (2012)
- Marisa Maepu, author (2011)
- Toa Fraser, filmmaker (2009)
- Sarona Aiono-Iosefa, author (2007)
- Victor Rodger, playwright (2006)
- Tusiata Avia, poet (2005)
- Sima Urale, filmmaker (2004)