Simone Kaho is a Tongan and Pakeha poet, creative non-fiction writer, and director. Her first poetry collection Lucky Punch was published in 2016. She has a master's degree in poetry from Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington's International Institute of Modern Letters (IIML) and was awarded the IIML 2022 Emerging Pasifika writer in residence. Simone directed the 2019 web series 'Conversations' for E-Tangata and now works as a writer/director for Tagata Pasifika. She is an active voice in Alison Mau's #metooNZ project.