Tapu Misa

Tapu Misa is a Samoan-born New Zealand journalist specialising in Pacific Islands affairs. She is considered New Zealand's first Pasifika woman journalist. She studied journalism on a course taught by Gary Wilson at Waiariki Institute of Technology aimed specifically at encouraging Māori and Pacific people into journalism. She and Wilson later worked together to establish the course in Manukau, Auckland.

Recognition In 2019, Misa won the New Zealand Women of Influence Award for Diversity.