Pineamine "Pine" Taiapa (1901–1972) was a notable New Zealand wood carver, farmer, rehabilitation officer, writer and genealogist.
As a carver he was part of over ninety-nine wharenui (Māori meeting houses) around New Zealand.
His secondary school education was at Te Aute College in Hawkes Bay.
[3] His earliest carving teacher was master-carver Hone Ngatoto who invited him to work alongside him on the Tikitiki War Memorial Church.
[3] Taiapa was then a soldier in World War II, part of the Māori Battalion.