Mapu Tangatatutai Taia OBE (28 April 1939 - October 2015) was a Cook Islands politician.
[1] He was a member of the Cook Islands Democratic Party and held the traditional title of Kakemaunga Mataiapo.
[2] He completed a teaching diploma at Nikao Teachers Training College in 1958, and later studied at the University of the South Pacific.
In 2004 he was the Democrat's candidate for Speaker, but lost to Norman George.
[4] Taia was awarded an OBE for community and public sector services in 2008.