Wiremu "Piri" Te Ranga Poutapu MBE (8 June 1905 – 20 August 1975) was a New Zealand master of Māori carving and a carpenter.
Poutapu was a protégé of Te Puea Herangi who sent him to the School of Maori Arts and Crafts at Ohinemutu in 1929.
He spent three years there learning adzeing, carving and traditional lore from Eramiha Neke Kapua.
Poutapu was one of the leaders in the building of Turongo, the Māori king's official residence at Turangawaewae Marae, between 1934 and 1938.
[3] Poutapu was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services to Māori arts and crafts, in the 1974 Queen's Birthday Honours.