DrTina Makereti

Tina has taught creative writing since 2009, focusing on fiction and creative non-fiction. In 2014, she developed the first Māori and Pasifika creative writing workshop at the International Institute of Modern Letters, which she taught for three years, before lecturing in creative writing and English at Massey University for three years, where she established a new Oceanic Literatures course. Since 2020, she has convened a Masters workshop (fiction / creative nonfiction) at the International Institute of Modern Letters. She also supervises PhD students in creative writing and literary studies.

Areas of supervision: fiction, creative non-fiction, Māori literature, Pacific Literature, Oceanic / Indigenous Literatures, kaupapa Māori.

Tina is always happy to talk with keen writers (and/or potential writers) about the possibility of studying creative writing, and has a special interest in encouraging Māori and Pasifika writers.