Mapu Taia

Mapu Tangatatutai Taia (28 April 1939 - October 2015) was a Cook Islands politician. He served as Speaker of the Cook Islands Parliament from 2006 to 2010. He was a member of the Cook Islands Democratic Party and held the traditional title of Kakemaunga Mataiapo. He completed a teaching diploma at Nikao Teachers Training College in 1958, and later studied at the University of the South Pacific. He was appointed Speaker in 2006, and served in that role until he retired at the 2010 election.

Taia was awarded an OBE for community and public sector services in 2008. He died in October 2015 and is buried on Mauke.