Tūreiti Te Heuheu Tūkino V

{{Short description|Ngāti Tuwharetoa leader, politician}}

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Tūreiti Te Heuheu Tūkino V ({{circa|1865}} – 1 June 1921) was a notable New Zealand tribal leader and politician. Of Māori descent, he identified with the Ngāti Tūwharetoa iwi, and was the son of Te Heuheu Tūkino IV. He was born in Waihi, New Zealand in about 1865.{{DNZB|Gartner|Ken Te Huingarau|3t13|Tureiti Te Heuheu Tukino V|1 December 2011}} He was appointed to the Legislative Council on 7 May 1918. He served until his death.{{cite book |last= Scholefield |first= Guy |title= New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 |authorlink=Guy Scholefield |edition=3rd |origyear= First ed. published 1913 |year= 1950 |publisher=Govt. Printer |location= Wellington |page=87}}

He unsuccessfully contested the {{NZ election link|1893}} in the {{NZ electorate link|Eastern Maori}} electorate against Wi Pere, and unsuccessfully stood in the {{NZ electorate link|Western Maori}} electorate in {{NZ election link year|1899}},{{cite web |url= https://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&cl=search&d=AJHR1900-I.2.3.2.54 |title=The General Election, 1899 |date=19 June 1900|publisher=Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives |page=3 |accessdate=15 March 2014 |location=Wellington}} {{NZ election link year|1902}},{{cite web |title=The General Election, 1902 |url= https://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&cl=search&d=AJHR1903-I.2.3.2.48 |publisher=National Library |accessdate=8 February 2012 |page=4 |year=1903}} {{NZ election link year|1905}},{{cite web |title=The General Election, 1905 |url= https://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&cl=search&d=AJHR1906-I.2.1.5.7 |publisher=National Library |accessdate=18 March 2014 |page=6 |year=1906}} and {{NZ election link year|1908}}.