Rangiputangatahi Mawhete OBE (4 March 1880 – 24 July 1961), born as William Arthur Moffatt and commonly known as Rangi Mawhete, was a New Zealand land agent, interpreter and politician.

He unsuccessfully stood for Western Maori; in 1914 with an unknown political affiliation (of six candidates, he came fourth),[2] in 1922 as an Independent, and in 1925 for Labour.

In 1935 he warned against an exclusive Ratana-Labour alliance as dividing rather than uniting Māori.

[4] In the 1959 Queen's Birthday Honours, Mawhete was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to the Māori people.

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