🇹🇴Tonga

Begin with Konai Helu Thaman’s short poetry collection; she grew up in Nukuʻalofa. Epeli Hauʻofa’s satires lead into a wider Oceania, linked through his Tongan ancestry, Papuan birthplace and work in Fiji. Dream Fish Floating and Goddess Muscle offer a different diasporic direction: Karlo Mila was born in New Zealand and has Tongan and Pākehā ancestry. These connections indicate layered affiliations rather than an exclusive author nationality.