Renee Liang

Renee Wen-Wei Liang MNZM (born 1973) is a New Zealand paediatrician, poet, essayist, short story writer, playwright, librettist, theatre producer and medical researcher.

[10][11][12] Her Interactive digital narrative work Golden Threads was created in partnership with illustrator Allan Xia as part of Auckland Museum's 2017 exhibition "Being Chinese in Aotearoa: A photographic journey".

[18] In 2010, Liang was the recipient of the Sir Peter Blake Emerging Leader Award for her achievements in arts, science and medicine.

[1][21] She was a recipient of the D’Arcy Writers Grant in 2018[22] and her resulting essay, A Kete Half Empty, was published in North & South in January 2020.

[23][24] In the 2018 New Year Honours, Liang was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to the arts.

L to R: Lynda Chanwai-Earle , Renee Laing, Chris Tse , Cadence Chung at "Lunar New Year celebration: Big pao meets poetry" National Library of New Zealand