Sir Tumu Te Heuheu Tūkino VIII KNZM (born 1942 or 1943) is a New Zealand Māori tribal leader.

He is the eighth elected paramount chief of the Ngāti Tūwharetoa iwi in the central North Island, and an influential figure among Māori people throughout New Zealand.

Te Heuheu is the chair of the New Zealand Historic Places Trust's Māori Heritage Council,[1] a patron of the Tukia Group Board,[2] has been the chair of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee,[3] has been the chairman of the Tūwharetoa Trust Board and chairman of the Lake Taupō and Lake Rotoaira Forest Trusts, and is a patron of the University of Auckland's Polynesian Society.

He is the son of Sir Hepi Te Heuheu Tukino VII, the previous elected chief.

In the 2005 New Year Honours, Te Heuheu was appointed a Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to conservation.