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.[1]
He represented the Western Maori electorate from 1893 after the retirement of Hoani Taipua, to 1896 when he was defeated by Henare Kaihau.[2] He was related to Te Puke Te Ao, who had represented the Western Maori electorate from until his death in 1886.
Te Ao died on 23 April 1908.