Oscar Kightley is this year's winner of the Fulbright-Creative New Zealand Pacific Writer's Residency at the University of Hawai'i.
The Samoa-born Kightley is an award-winning playwright, actor, presenter and director from Auckland.
He was the 2006 Arts Foundation Laureate Award winner and was made a member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2009 for services to theatre and television.
Mr Kightley told stine Rovoi the Hawaii stint - which starts next year - is worth the wait.
Oscar Kightley is the recipient of the Fulbright-Creative New Zealand Pacific Writer’s Residency for 2019. Photo: Fullbright-Creative NZ/Sarah Hunter
