Te Puke Te Ao

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Te Puke Te Ao (1834 – 28 October 1886) was a 19th-century Māori member of the House of Representatives.

Te Ao was a chief of the Ngāti Raukawa tribe. Early in his life, he was converted by missionaries. Te Ao was a sheep farmer at 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

| access-date = 21 September 2013

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He represented the Western Maori electorate from 1884 when he defeated Wiremu Te Wheoro, to 1886 when he died.{{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 Ropata Te Ao, who represented the Western Maori electorate from {{NZ election link year|1893}} to 1896.