Aroha Edward Awarau (born Hāwera, New Zealand) is a journalist and playwright.
Awarau is also a successful playwright, with his first play Luncheon, starring accomplished NZ actress Jennifer Ward-Lealand and directed by Katie Wolfe, winning Best Play at the 2014 New Zealand Script Writing Awards.
Awarau also had a short stint as a stand up comedian, becoming a finalist in the Raw Quest, a national competition to find the best new comedian and appeared as a contestant in the reality show So You Think You’re Funny?, a competition to find New Zealand's funniest new comedian.
While still at high school Awarau was the first writer to become a three-time winner of the Ronald Hugh Morrieson Literary Award.
The annual award was created by the South Taranaki District Council to commemorate Hāwera's most famous author, Ronald Hugh Morrieson.