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Tanya Muagututi'a is a New Zealand playwright and arts festival director.
Tanya Muagututi'a is a New Zealand playwright and arts festival director.
Biography
Muagututi'a's father, Muagututi'a Pulusila Meafou Sagapolutele, was Samoan and moved to New Zealand in the early 1950s, aged 11, to attend school. She co-founded Pacific Underground, a performing arts organisation for Pacific artists, in Christchurch in 1993. In 2020, Muagututi'a won Best Play by Pasifika Playwright at the Adam New Zealand Play Awards for her script ''Scholars,'' which is based on her father's experiences as a Samoan scholarship student in New Zealand''.''Recognition
In the 2021 Queen's Birthday Honours, Muagututi'a was made aMember of the New Zealand Order of Merit
The New Zealand Order of Merit is an order of merit in the New Zealand royal honours system. It was established by royal warrant on 30 May 1996 by Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand, "for those persons who in any field of endeavour, have ren ...
, for services to Pacific performing arts.
Personal life
Muagututi'a is married to Posenai Mavaega, who co-founded Pacific Underground with her.References
Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit New Zealand people of Samoan descent New Zealand women writers New Zealand dramatists and playwrights {{NewZealand-writer-stub