Belz was born in Whakatāne.[1][2] He is Māori, of Ngāti Porou, Ngāpuhi, and Ngāti Pokai descent.[3] He lived in Auckland from the age of 12, later moving to Hamilton and Wellington. In 2012 he moved to Australia, before returning to New Zealand several years later.[4] In 2020 he completed a master's degree in creative writing at Auckland University of Technology. His master's thesis was titled Scratch the Cat.[5]
Yours Truly, 2006, which won Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards for Best New New Zealand Play and Most Original Play, and the Bruce Mason Playwriting Award for Best Emerging New Zealand Playwright[8]
Te Karakia, 2008 Wellington International Festival of the Arts
Raising the Titanics, which won The New Zealand Listeners Best New New Zealand Play 2010
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