The Emerging Pasifika Writer's Residency was established in 2019 by Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, with the support of Creative New Zealand. It runs for three months in the second half of each year, funding dependent, and includes a writing room, mentorship, and a stipend of $15,000.

The Residency is unique in offering the chance to work within an established community of writers at the University's International Institute of Modern Letters (IIML), with a mentor from the Pasifika arts community.

It is open to Pasifika writers in all areas of literary activity, including drama, fiction and poetry (page and performance), devised performance, creative non-fiction, literary translation, and graphic novels.

The Glasshouse (FKA Ancestor Incarnate) is an intercultural Melafuturist theatrical work, written by Emele Ugavule, that unpacks the relationship between native title cases against the British Crown, Food Sovereignty & Climate Change. Artists include Carissa Lee and Iya Ware, with the support of people weaver, Linda Iriza.