Karlo Mila

Dr Karlo Mila is an award-winning author and poet. She specialises in indigenous and ancestral knowledge, wellbeing and healing from the islands of the South Pacific. Of Tongan and Pākehā descent, Karlo lives in Aotearoa / New Zealand. For six years, she has been the Programme Director of a Leadership Programme called Mana Moana at Leadership New Zealand. Karlo created Mana Moana through her postdoctoral and doctoral research. Meditations, poetry, ritual, indigenous language, proverbial knowledge, philosophy and story are all integral to Mana Moana. Many of the meditations shared here are reflections on core concepts from Oceania and how they can add value to shaping our consciousness and awareness in contemporary contexts. In 2019, Karlo received the New Zealand Order of Merit (NZOM) which is awarded to people who have served the Crown or country with merit, or become distinguished in any field.

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