Ropata Te Ao

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Ropata Te Ao (died 23 April 1908) was a nineteenth-century Māori member of the House of Representatives.

His father was Te Aotuta-hanga and his mother was Te Raute. Te Ao was an elder of the Ngāti Raukawa tribe and lived in Ōtaki on the Kāpiti Coast.{{cite book

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| editor-last = Scholefield

| editor-first = Guy

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| title = A Dictionary of New Zealand Biography : A–L

| volume = I

| year = 1940

| publisher = Department of Internal Affairs

| location = Wellington

| url = https://www.nzhistory.net.nz/files/documents/dnzb-1940/scholefield-dnzb-v1.pdf

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He represented the Western Maori electorate from 1893 after the retirement of Hoani Taipua, to 1896 when he was defeated by Henare Kaihau.{{cite book |last= Wilson |first= James Oakley |title= New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 |edition=4th |orig-year= First ed. published 1913 |year= 1985 |publisher=V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer |location= Wellington |oclc= 154283103 |page=180}} He was related to Te Puke Te Ao, who had represented the Western Maori electorate from {{NZ election link year|1884}} until his death in 1886.

Te Ao died on 23 April 1908.