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'''Pineamine "Pine" Taiapa''' (1901&ndash;1972) was a notable [[New Zealand]] wood carver, farmer, rehabilitation officer, writer and genealogist.<ref>"the heART of the matter" BWX Productions (Video 2016), Wellington, NZ. L & J Bieringa</ref> He was one of the first students of the [[New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute|School of Māori Arts]] in [[Rotorua]] under [[Āpirana Ngata]]. As a carver he was part of over ninety-nine [[wharenui]] ([[Māori people|Māori]] meeting houses) around [[Aotearoa]] New Zealand.

He married Mereaira Te Ruawai Taiapa, by whom he had a child. His younger brother [[Hone Taiapa]] was also a carver.<ref name="DNZB Taiapa">{{DNZB|title=Pineamine Taiapa|first= Angela|last= Ballara|id=4t3|accessdate=1 December 2011}}</ref> He died in [[Tikitiki]] on the 9th of9 February 1972, age 70.