Tipi Tainui Ropiha (1895–1978) was a notable New Zealand surveyor and senior public servant. Of MÃÂori descent, he identified with the NgÃÂti Kahungunu and RangitÃÂne 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.
Ropiha was the first MÃÂori person to become Secretary of MÃÂori Affairs (the administrative head of the Department of MÃÂori Affairs), a role he held from 1948 to 1957.
In the 1952 Queen's Birthday Honours, Ropiha was appointed a Companion of the Imperial Service Order. In 1953, he was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal. Ropiha was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, for very valuable services to the MÃÂori race, in the 1972 Queen's Birthday Honours.