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Rangi Topeora (?–1865-1873?) or Te Rangitopeora was a leader or chief of the Ngāti Toa Māori iwi (tribe) of New Zealand, a peacemaker and composer of waiata (songs). but perhaps in 1790. Her mother was Waitohi, sister of Te Rauparaha, and her maternal grandmother was Parekōwhatu of Ngāti Raukawa. Her father was Te Rākaherea. She signed the Treaty of Waitangi at Kapiti on 14 May 1840. She was known to speak formally on the marae, which was mostly done by men. In 1861 she made a denunciation of the Kingitanga due to its distribution of the 'status quo', including writing to politician Donald McLean.

When she was baptised at Ōtaki on 2 May 1847, no name would satisfy her but Te Kuini (the Queen); one of her husbands was given the name Arapeta (Albert), after Queen Victoria's consort. Later she was commonly known as the 'Queen of the South'.

Topeora composed the song "He Kai-oraora na Tope-ora", which was a 'kaioraora', a cursing song to vent hatred at enemies. This song was because of deaths of some Ngāti Toa women by the iwi Ngāti Pou. Another song she created was about a triumphant moment in the battle of Waiorua on Kapiti Island in 1824 where she mounted and stood astride the gateway of the pā, forcing the attacking enemy to pass between her legs, thus degrading themselves.