Karlo Mila is a New Zealand writer and poet of Tongan, Pālagi, and Samoan descent. She is a Member of the Order of New Zealand Merit, an honor bestowed upon her by HM Queen Elizabeth II for services to the Pacific community. Her award-winning poetry and scholarship focus on the personal and political realities of Pasifika identity. She is Program Director of the Mana Moana Experience at Leadership New Zealand which seeks to invigorate and prioritize Pasifika ancestral knowledge in contemporary contexts. Mila represented Tonga at the Poetry Parnassus Festival as part of the Cultural Olympiad that took place at the London Olympics in 2012. In 2016, she was awarded the Contemporary Pacific Art Award at the Creative New Zealand Arts Pasifka Awards.
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