Qiane Matata-Sipu

Qiane May Matata-Sipu (born ) is a New Zealand community worker, public speaker, writer, and photographer.

Early life and family Matata-Sipu was born in 1985 or 1985, and grew up in Māngere and Ihumātao in Auckland. Her grandparents raised her and she spent a lot of time at her marae with them as a child.

As a journalist Matata-Sipu worked for Mana, a New Zealand magazine, and was deputy editor of Spasifik, a Māori and Pasifika magazine. She founded a company called QIANE+co in 2017.

Matata-Sipu is the founder and creator of NUKU, a multimedia series, in 2018.

In 2022 Matata-Sipu was a presenter at M9, an event with Māori speakers, which is described as part 'TED talk' and part conference. In 2022, Matata-Sipu also appeared at the Verb Wellington literary festival.

Matata-Sipu is a co-founder and leader of the SOUL Protect Ihumātao campaign, and is a trustee of Makaurau Marae. The citation for the honour recorded that she had "contributed significantly to Māori and Pasifika self-determination for 20 years", and that through NUKU, established by her in 2018, she had worked "to celebrate the sovereignty of Indigenous women and reduce impacts of racial discrimination and social exclusion".

Matata-Sipu's 2025 book Taku Ikura Tuatahi was nominated for the Wright Family Foundation Te Kura Pounamu Award in the 2026 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults.