Courtney Sina Meredith (born 1986) is a New Zealand poet, playwright, and short story author.
[6][1] Meredith's writing is often political, dealing with issues such as poverty, conflict, sexism and racism, and draws on her roots in the Samoan diaspora of Auckland.
She has also lectured, been a contributing editor for Paperboy, worked at the Auckland Council in Arts and Culture and Festival and Community Events teams, and partnerships manager at Manukau Institute of Technology.
[15][16] Meredith received a grant from Creative New Zealand to develop her collection of short stories, Tail of the Taniwha.
[20] Tail of the Taniwha was longlisted for the 2017 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards for the Acorn Foundation Fiction Prize.