wiremu "piri" te ranga poutapu (8 june 1905 – 20 august 1975) was a new zealand māori master carver and carpenter. he identified with the ngāti korokī and waikato iwi. he was born in maungatautari, waikato, new zealand in 1905. he was known as piri, the māori transliteration of bill, short for william, of which his first name wiremu is the māori transliteration.