Gina Annette Cole MNZM (born 1960) is a New Zealand writer and lawyer.

[10] In 2014, she won a writing contest at the Auckland Pride Festival run by Express magazine with her poem "Airport Aubade".

[3][12] A review by Stuff said that the collection "would be a good book on any reckoning but as a first book it is simply outstanding"; it "shows an assurance of tone, a clarity of style and expression, and an ability to handle different voices, that would be the envy of most more experienced authors".

[18] A review in Landfall concluded that Na Viro is "an important and enjoyable pioneering story that not only brings a uniquely Pasifika voice to the genre but also uses its inter-galactic plot to celebrate the traditions and challenges of the Pacific".

The award involved a month's residency at Varuna, to be taken up in October 2022, and an appearance at the Blue Mountains Writers' Festival.

[1] In the 2023 New Year Honours, Cole was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to literature.