essa may ranapiri (born 1993 or 1994) is a New Zealand poet and visual artist. They are of Ngāti Wehi Wehi, Ngāti Raukawa, Te Arawa and Ngāti Pukeko descent. Their first collection of poetry, Ransack (2019), was longlisted for the 2020 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. Their second collection, Echidna, was published in 2022.