Tanya Muagututi'a

Tanya Muagututi'a MNZM is a New Zealand playwright and arts festival director.

[1][2] Muagututi'a's father, Muagututi'a Pulusila Meafou Sagapolutele, was Samoan and moved to New Zealand in the early 1950s, aged 11, to attend school.

[3][4] In 2020, Muagututi'a won Best Play by Pasifika Playwright at the Adam New Zealand Play Awards for her script Scholars, which is based on her father's experiences as a Samoan scholarship student in New Zealand.

[1] In the 2021 Queen's Birthday Honours, Muagututi'a was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to Pacific performing arts.

[5] Muagututi'a is married to Posenai Mavaega, who co-founded Pacific Underground with her.