Judges

Pacific essayist join judges panel for 10th annual Commonwealth Short Story Prize

New- Zealand’s Makereti is an award-winning writer of fiction and non-fiction whose work has appeared in a range of literary journals, magazines and anthologies.

Her fellow judges, drawn from the other regions of the Commonwealth, are Nigerian author A. Igoni Barrett (Africa), Bangladeshi writer and editor Khademul Islam (Asia), British poet and fiction writer Keith Jarrett (Canada and Europe), Jamaican environmental activist and author Diana McCaulay (Caribbean).

South African novelist and critic Zoë Wicomb will chair the panel of judges.

Mina Wharepouri’s Judgeship Appointment Paves Way for Qualified Tongan High Courts Pool

The fact Mr. Wharepouri is first of Tongan ancestry to ascend the arduous journey of becoming a judge outside of Tonga is a celebrated milestone. Schooled in New Zealand, he graduated LLB (with Honours) from Auckland University in 1995, and LLM from Cambridge University, England in 2000.