Apirana Tuahae Kaukapakapa Mahuika (1 May 1934 – 9 February 2015) was a New Zealand Māori tribal leader.
[1] He taught at a number of institutions, including St Stephen's School at Bombay, The Correspondence School, Wellington Teachers' College and the University of Waikato,[2] and was awarded an honorary doctorate by the latter establishment in 2004.
[5] In the 1990s, he was a board member of Te Papa and was instrumental in appointing Cliff Whiting to be joint CEO, or kaihautū, with Cheryll Sotheran.
He held that post for over 27 years, until his death, and led the iwi through the Treaty of Waitangi settlement process with the Crown.
[2] Before his death, Mahuika was a contributing member as a kaumātua to the Matiki Mai Aotearoa Working Group developing Māori-led constitutional thinking for New Zealand.