Max Takuira Matthew Mariu CNZM (12 August 1952 – 12 December 2005) was the Auxiliary Bishop of Hamilton, New Zealand (1988–2005).
He attended the Sisters of St Joseph convent school in Waihi Village and received his secondary education at Hato Paora College, Feilding.
[4] On the death of Bishop Gaines on 6 September 1994, Mariu was named Diocesan Administrator while the process of selecting a new ordinary was begun.
[7] Mariu died in Auckland on 12 December 2005 at the age of 53,[8] having suffered from coronary problems for some years, beginning when he was in training at Greenmeadows seminary.
After another Requiem Mass at Waihi Village, Mariu was buried on 16 December 2005 in the urupā at his family kāinga (settlement), Otukou, on the shores of Lake Rotoaira.