The Diocese of Waiapu is one of the 13 dioceses and hui amorangi (Māori bishoprics) of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. The Diocese covers the area around the East Coast of the North Island of New Zealand, including Tauranga, Taupō, Gisborne, Hastings and Napier. It is named for the Waiapu River.

The Diocese was established in 1858. The seat of the Bishop is the Waiapu Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist, Napier.

Andrew Hedge is the current bishop, having been installed on St Luke's Day, 18 October 2014.

List of bishops

The following individuals have served as the Bishop of Waiapu, or any precursor title:

Bishops of Waiapu
Ordinal	Officeholder	Term start	Term end	Notes
1	William Williams	1859	1876
2	Edward Stuart	1877	1894
3	Leonard Williams	1895	1909	Son of William Williams
4	Alfred Averill	1910	1914
5	William Sedgwick	1914	1929	From 1928 until the 1970s, the Bishop of Aotearoa was a suffragan bishop of Waiapu
6	Herbert Williams	1930	1937	Grandson of William Williams
7	George Gerard	1938	1944
8	George Cruickshank	1945	1946
9	Norman Lesser	1947	1971	Also Archbishop of New Zealand from 1961
10	Paul Reeves	1971	1979
11	Ralph Matthews	1979	1983
12	Peter Atkins	1983	1990
13	Murray Mills	1991	2002
14	John Bluck	2002	2008
15	David Rice	2008	2014	Translated as Bishop of San Joaquin, USA
16	Andrew Hedge	18 October 2014 (2014-10-18)	incumbent

Archdeaconries

In 1866, there were two archdeaconries: A. N. Brown was Archdeacon of Tauranga and Leonard Williams of Waiapu.

Archdeacon of Waiapu

• 1862–?: Leonard Williams
• David Ruddock

Archdeacon of Tauranga

• ?–1884 (d.): Alfred Brown
• Samuel Williams