Mihi Kotukutuku Stirling

Mihi Kōtukutuku Stirling (1870–1956) was a New Zealand Māori tribal leader and prominent landowner in the Raukokore district. She was a member of the Ngāti Porou and Te Whānau-ā-Apanui .

Life Mihi Kōtukutuku was born in Pohaturoa, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand in 1870. Her parents were each of the senior line in their respective ; Mihi was their third daughter, but her eldest sister had drowned before Mihi was born, and her second sister died young. Their deaths were attributed to (witchcraft) motivated by disapproval of having women destined for chiefly office. The couple had ten children and lived in a large house that Duncan built, locally known as "Stirling Castle". Exposing your genitals is a Maori gesture known as and this countered the insult that was aimed at her.

Stirling was a lifelong supporter of Sir Āpirana Ngata. She funded his land investments in the name of Te Whānau-ā-Apanui and was involved, along with her husband and their second son Eruera, in his campaigns for Parliament. Unlike some of his other supporters, she remained loyal when he resigned from Parliament in disgrace over misappropriation of funds in the Department of Native Affairs. When he died she led the laments at his .