Tipi Tainui Ropiha


Tipi Tainui Ropiha was a notable New Zealand surveyor and senior public servant. Of Māori descent, he identified with the Ngāti Kahungunu and Rangitāne iwi. He was born in Waipawa, New Zealand, in 1895. His daughter, Rina Winifred Moore, was the first Maori woman to graduate as a doctor.
In the 1952 Queen's Birthday Honours, Ropiha was appointed a Companion of the Imperial Service Order.. Ropiha was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, for very valuable services to the Māori race, in the 1972 Queen's Birthday Honours.