Paraire Karaka Paikea (1 June 1894 – 6 April 1943) was a New Zealand MÃÂori politician.
Of Te Uri-o-Hau and NgÃÂti WhÃÂtua descent, Paraire Karaka Paikea was born in Otamatea, in the Kaipara area of Northland. An ordained Methodist Minister by 1921, he joined the RÃÂtana movement and by 1924 was on the RÃÂtana council. In June 1925 he was one of the original gazetted RÃÂtana ministers.
Paikea captured the RÃÂtana Movement's third MÃÂori electorate of Northern Maori from Taurekareka Henare in 1938. He was Minister without portfolio representing the MÃÂori race from 1941 to 1943 and was also MÃÂori Recruiting Director on the War Administration Board. Known as "Piri Wiri Tua", after Tahupà Âtiki Wiremu RÃÂtana, his early death on 6 April 1943 ended a promising career.
He was succeeded as MP by his son Tapihana Paraire Paikea at the . The need for a proposed by-election to be held on 19 June 1943 was avoided by a special Act of Parliament passed on 11 June 1943 (the By-elections Postponement Act 1943) postponing the vote until the (delayed) general election was held.