‘Ōkusitino Māhina is Professor of Tongan Philosophy, Historical Anthropology, and Aesthetics, Vav‘au Academy for Critical Inquiry and Applied Research, Vava‘u Lahi, Kingdom of Tonga. He is a registered interpreter and translator with both Tongan and English languages, working with government and non-government organisations globally. He translated and wrote many books and journal articles in both English and Tongan. He lectured in social work in Tonga before moving to work at the University of Auckland where he taught Pacific political economy and Pacific arts in anthropology. He is the founder and a current proponent of Time-Space (Tā-Vā) Theory of Reality.
