Hoani Turi Te Whatahoro Jury (4 February 1841 – 26 September 1923) was a New Zealand Ngāti Kahungunu scholar, recorder and interpreter. He was born in Wairarapa, New Zealand, on 4 February 1841. His mother was Te Aitu-o-te-rangi Jury and his father John Milsome Jury, an Englishman.
In 1892 he was elected chairman of Te Kotahitanga, the movement for an autonomous Māori parliament, at its first meeting at Waipatu. At the second sitting of Te Kotahitanga in 1893 he was elected premier. His premiership was mired by accusations of financial mismanagement made by his predecessor and successor, Hāmiora Mangakāhia.
Works Jury's book, The Lore of the Whare-Wananga, published in 1913, was selected for inclusion in Books of Mana as one of the 180 most significant works of Māori-authored non-fiction.
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