| Joe Rātima | |
| Fullname: | Hohepa Joe Rātima |
| Birth Place: | New Zealand |
| Retired: | yes |
| Weight: | 16st[1] |
| Club1: | Ponsonby |
| Teama: | Auckland |
| Yearbstart: | 1956 |
| Teamc: | New Zealand |
| Yearcstart: | 1958 |
| Yearcend: | 59 |
| Appearancesc: | 4 |
| Triesc: | 1 |
| Goalsc: | 0 |
| Fieldgoalsc: | 0 |
| Pointsc: | 3 |
| Ru Teama: | King Country |
| Ru Teamb: | New Zealand Māori |
| First: | RU |
| Source: | [2] |
| New: | yes |
Hohepa Joe Rātima (birth unknown) is a New Zealand rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played representative rugby league (RL) for New Zealand.[2]
Rātima is from Ngāti Maniapoto and originally played rugby union, representing King Country Rugby Union. He also represented New Zealand Māori.[3]
He then switched to rugby league, representing Auckland.[3] In 1956 he was part of the Auckland sides that defeated Great Britain 5–4 in 1954 and France 17–15 in 1955.[4]
In 1956 he toured Australia as part of the New Zealand Māori rugby league team.[5]
He was part of the Ponsonby team that won the Auckland Rugby League title in 1958.[6]
He represented New Zealand, playing in two tests against Great Britain in 1958 and then touring Australia in 1959.[2]
Rātima was later the vice president of the Māori Rugby League organisation.[3]