Qiane Matata-Sipu

Qiane May Matata-Sipu MNZM (born 1985 or 1986) is a New Zealand community worker, public speaker, writer, and photographer.

[2] She studied rumaki reo (total immersion Māori language) at Te Wānanga Takiura.

[11] Matata-Sipu is a co-founder and leader of the SOUL Protect Ihumātao campaign, and is a trustee of Makaurau Marae.

[8] In the 2023 King's Birthday and Coronation Honours, Matata-Sipu was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to the arts.

[12] The citation for the honour recorded that she had "contributed significantly to Māori and Pasifika self-determination for 20 years", and that through NUKU, established by her in 2018, she had worked "to celebrate the sovereignty of Indigenous women and reduce impacts of racial discrimination and social exclusion".