SCREENWRITING CREDITS
TELEVISION
In production Blue Murder Motel, Season 2, Episode 4 “The Ladies Who Lunch”.
Writer. Great Southern TV for TVNZ, ABC and Acorn TV
In production The Brokenwood Mysteries, Season 13, Episode 3 “Knit Happens”.
Writer. South Pacific Pictures for TVNZ and Acorn TV
2026 Blue Murder Motel, Season 1, Episode 6 “Cat Among the Pigeons”.
Co-Writer. Great Southern TV for TVNZ, ABC and Acorn TV
2026 My Life is Murder, Season 5, Episode 6 “Bad Chemistry”.
Writer. CJZ, Greenstone TV for TVNZ and Network 10
2024 My Life is Murder, Season 4, Episode 6 “The Good Oil”.
Writer. CJZ, Greenstone TV for TVNZ and Network 10
FILM
2026 The Return. Writer-director. Short. (14:30)
2019 Vai. Writer-director, Sāmoa segment of Portmanteau Feature. (88:00)
2012 Milk & Honey. Writer-director-producer. Short. (14:26)
2010 Granda. Writer-director-producer. Short. (10:47)
WRITERS' ROOMS
Blue Murder Motel, Great Southern TV (S1, S2)
My Life is Murder, Greenstone (S4, S5)
Savage Street, Greenstone
Telesā, BSAG
Stranger Times, Playground Entertainment and Big Story
Endling, Tomorrow Rain
Mau, Tikilounge, BSAG, Sweetshop & Green, Sunpix
DIRECTING CREDITS
FILM
2026 The Return. Writer-director. Short. (14:30)
2019 Vai. Writer-director, Sāmoa segment of Portmanteau Feature. (88:00)
2012 Milk & Honey. Writer-director-producer-editor. Short. (14:26)
2011 Love - Ser un Ser Humano (To Be a Human Being). Co-director. Documentary episode (00:59:51)
2011 Culture - Ser un Ser Humano (To Be a Human Being). Co-director. Documentary episode (1:02:38)
2011 Fear - Ser un Ser Humano (To Be a Human Being). Co-director. Documentary episode (1:09:22)
2011 Sustenance - Ser un Ser Humano (To Be a Human Being). Co-director. Documentary episode (1:00:41)
2011 Hope - Ser un Ser Humano (To Be a Human Being). Co-director. Documentary episode (1:02:00)
2011 Faith - Ser un Ser Humano (To Be a Human Being). Co-director. Documentary episode (00:59:35)
2010 Granda. Writer-director-producer-editor. Short. (10:47)
DIRECTING PLACEMENTS
2023 Friends Like Her. Television series. Great Southern Television.
2019 The Legend of Baron To'a. Feature film. BSAG.
INDUSTRY CREDITS
ASSESSMENT, JURIES AND SECTOR SERVICE
2019 to now Development and Funding Assessor: NZFC, NZ On Air, NZWG, Great Southern Television, Script to Screen, PASC. Hundreds of script and cultural assessments across short, feature and long-form projects.
2026, 2024 Short Cuts Assessor. Pan Asian Screen Collective.
2024 Judge, Pasifika Youth Short Film Competition. Poparazzi Productions.
2022, 2019 Moana Jury. Wairoa Film Festival.
2020 Short Film Jury. Melbourne Women in Film Festival.
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND INDUSTRY PROGRAMMES
2024/5 Strength in Numbers (for Kastom Films with Matastila Freshwater)
2023 Ockham Collective Artist
2023 NZFC Screen Capability Business Innovation Programme (for Kastom Films with Matasila Freshwater)
2022 Script to Screen, Film Up
2022 WIFT Moana Pasifika Women’ Screenwriter’s Programme
2022 He Ara Business Development Grant (for Kastom Films with Matasila Freshwater)
2021 Script to Screen UCLA Scholarship, Writing Screenplay Coverage
2020 Finalist, WIFT Awards “Women to Watch”
2019 DEGNZ Women’s Incubator Programme
2019 DEGNZ Directing Actors Masterclass with Ian Hughes
2019 DEGNZ Directing Masterclass with Howard Fine
2018 Accelerator Plus participant, Melbourne International Film Festival
2013 Commonwealth Shorts Production Lab
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND INDUSTRY PROGRAMMES
2024 to 2025 Strength in Numbers (Kastom Films, with Matasila Freshwater)
2023 Ockham Collective Artist;
NZFC Screen Capability Business Innovation Programme (Kastom Films)
2022 Script to Screen Film Up; He Ara Business Development Grant (Kastom Films)
2021 Script to Screen UCLA Scholarship, Writing Screenplay Coverage
2020 Finalist, WIFT Awards "Women to Watch"
2019 DEGNZ Women Directors' Incubator;
DEGNZ masterclasses with Ian Hughes and Howard Fine
2018 Accelerator Plus, Melbourne International Film Festival
2013 Commonwealth Shorts Production Lab
SCREEN TEACHING, MENTORING AND PROGRAMME DESIGN
2026 Workshop Facilitator, South Auckland Shorts. Script to Screen (upcoming).
2025 Workshop Facilitator, "Creative Collaboration". PISA. Workshop on the writers' room process, from storylining through to completed script.
2025 Writing Mentor. Someday Stories.
2024 Workshop Facilitator, "From Idea to Screen: Developing Your Short Film Idea". PISA. Screenwriting workshop guiding Pacific writers from initial concept through to a developed short film script.
2024 Writing Mentor, Fresh Shorts. Script to Screen.
2024 Writing Mentor. Someday Stories.
2023 Workshop Facilitator, South Auckland Shorts. Script to Screen.
2023 Programme Consultant, Tāhuna Writers' Residency. Great Southern Television.
2022 Workshop Facilitator, South Auckland Shorts. Script to Screen.
2022 Writing Mentor, Fresh Shorts. Script to Screen.
2022 Creator, WIFT Moana Pasifika Women Writers' Programme. Women in Film & Television. Designed the first incubator for Pacific women writers developing feature films.
2021 to now Programme Consultant. Women in Film & Television.