Gail Tewaru Tipa ONZM (born 1959)[1] is a New Zealand resource management planner, and has worked in the environmental sector for thirty years.

She completed a PhD titled Indigenous communities and the co-management of natural resources: the case of New Zealand freshwater management at the University of Otago in 2003.

[3][4] She trained as a teacher initially, and then worked for the Electricity Corporation of New Zealand, and then opened an environmental research and management consultancy.

[5][7] Her work with Ngā Pae was focused on researching the links between environmental integrity and health and wellbeing of Indigenous communities.

[5] In the 2021 New Year Honours Tipa was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to Māori and environmental management.