Margaret Pattison Staples-Browne (née Thom, 20 October 1873 – 16 April 1930), more commonly known as Mākereti or Maggie Papakura, was a New Zealand guide, entertainer and ethnographer.

[1] Papakura was raised until the age of 10 by her mother's aunt and uncle, Mārara Marotaua and Maihi Te Kakau Parāoa, at the small rural village of Parekārangi, where she spoke Māori and learnt her maternal family's history, culture and traditions.

[1] In 1901, Papakura was the guide for the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York (later King George V and Queen Mary) on their visit to Whakarewarewa.

The group consisted of around 40 members of Papakura's family, including her sister Bella, brother Dick and Tūhourangi leader Mita Taupopoki.

[1] Papakura's thesis was published posthumously in 1938 by her friend and fellow Oxford anthropology student Thomas Kenneth Penniman as The Old-Time Maori.

[2] It describes and analyses the customs of Te Arawa from a woman's perspective, including aspects of daily life such as child-rearing and family relationships, which had previously been ignored by male writers.

[5] In 2007, a biography of Papakura was published by Paul Diamond, Makereti: Taking Maori to the World, and she was the subject of an exhibition at the National Library of New Zealand.

[4] Papakura's house, named after her ancestor Tuhoromatakaka and built by master carver Tene Waitere, still stands in the village at Whakarewarewa.