or Te Rangitopeora was a leader or chief of the Ngāti Toa Māori iwi (tribe) of New Zealand, a peacemaker and composer of waiata (songs).
[2] Her mother was Waitohi, sister of Te Rauparaha, and her maternal grandmother was Parekōwhatu of Ngāti Raukawa.
[1] In the 1820s Topeora was part of the Ngāti Toa migration led by Te Rauparaha, south from Kawhia, ending on Kapiti Island.
[2] In 1861 she made a denunciation of the Kingitanga due to its distribution of the 'status quo', including writing to politician Donald McLean.
[3] Another song she created was about a triumphant moment in the battle of Waiorua on Kapiti Island in 1824 where she mounted and stood astride the gateway of the pā, forcing the attacking enemy to pass between her legs, thus degrading themselves.