Elizabeth Aroha Ellis (née Mountain) (born 1945) is a New Zealand painter and Māori arts advocate.
[1] Born in Kawakawa, Northland, New Zealand in 1945, Ellis's parents Emere Makere Waiwaha Kaa RN RM CM QSO and Walter Mountain, were Kuia Kaumātua (elders) of Te Rawhiti Marae.
[3] Ellis trained at the Elam School of Fine Arts, graduating with a Diploma of Fine Art in 1964, becoming one of the first Māori women to do so, alongside her cousin, Mere Harrison Lodge.
She was appointed Commissioner of Te Aute College, Hawke's Bay in 2011 and remained in that role until 2013.
[13] Ellis' home in North Shore, Auckland, was designed by architect Gordon Smith in 1970, where she has lived for over 50 years.