Ihaia Tainui (died 19 October 1885) was a Māori member of the New Zealand parliament.

He was the son of Wereta Tainui and grandson of Tuhuru Kokare, both chiefs of the Ngāi Tahu hapū (sub-tribe) Ngāti Waewae.

[3] Tainui committed suicide by hanging on 19 October 1885 in the whare rūnanga at Arahura Pā, north of Hokitika.

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