Te Pīhopatanga o Te Tairāwhiti
Diocese of Te Tairāwhiti Māori: Te Pīhopatanga o Te Tairāwhiti | |
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Arms of Te Tairāwhiti | |
| Incumbent: Donald Tamihere | |
| Style | The Right Reverend |
| Location | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Territory | East Coast, North Island |
| Ecclesiastical province | Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia |
| Headquarters | Gisborne |
| Coordinates | 38°42′S 178°00′E / 38.7°S 178°E |
| Statistics | |
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| Parishes | 30 (as of 2016) |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Language | Māori, English |
| Current leadership | |
| Parent church | Anglican Communion |
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| Pīhopa | Donald Tamihere |
| Website | |
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Te Pihopatanga o Te Tairāwhiti is an episcopal polity or diocese of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. Literally, the diocese is the Anglican bishopric of the East Coast, in Tairāwhiti, of the North Island of Aotearoa, New Zealand; also known as the synod (or in Māori: Te Hui Amorangi).
The Pīhopatanga serves communities from Potaka in the north, to Woodville in the south. In general this covers the Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kahungunu and the Turanga-nui-a-kiwa iwi. According to the 2013 census, there are approximately 17,000 Māori Anglicans within this area. Te Tairāwhiti is one of five pīhopatanga, or episcopal units, that comprise Te Pīhopatanga o Aotearoa, the Māori Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand.
The current Pīhopa o (Bishop of) Te Tairāwhiti is Donald Tamihere.