Maiangi Waitai is a New Zealand-born artist. She works across a range of mediums, designing clothing and accessories for her Who is Dead Martin label, creating comics, figurines, toys, jewellery, mosaics and painting.
Waitai received a Bachelor of Arts from Quay School of the Arts in Whanganui in 1999. The same year, she received a Te Waka Toi award from Creative New Zealand.
Waitai is of NgàWairiki, NgÃÂti Apa, TuwhÃÂretoa, RangitÃÂne and German descent. She has worked as a kindergarten teacher since 2010. She has also been a musician, singing and playing the flute and guitar in a band called Beam (1997âÂÂ1999) in Whanganui.