Sir Pita Russell Sharples (born Peter Russell Sharples, 20 July 1941) is a New Zealand Maori academic and politician, who was a co-leader of the Maori Party from 2004 to 2013, and a minister outside Cabinet in the National Party-led government from 2008 to 2014.
He was the member of Parliament for the Tamaki Makaurau electorate in Auckland from 2005 to 2014.
He stepped down as co-leader role of the Maori Party in July 2013.