Makerita Urale  is a published playwright and writer of children’s stories with many years working as an independent arts producer and documentary director. She is an alumni of the Fulbright Creative New Zealand Pacific Writer’s Residency at the University of Hawai’i. She was born in her father’s village Fagamalo on the island of Savai’i, Samoa. She is currently the Senior Manager, Pacific Arts at Creative New Zealand and is driven to make a long term difference for her arts community and tautua their work.