Taiaroa may refer to:

Places

Taiaroa Head Taiaroa Head is a headland at the end of the Otago Peninsula in New Zealand, overlooking the mouth of the Otago Harbour. It lies within the city limits of Dunedin. The nearest settlement, Otakou, lies three kilometres to the south. The cape is h ...

, New Zealand

People with the surname

* Archie Taiaroa (1937–2010), prominent New Zealand Māori *

Dick Taiaroa Riki Te Mairiki "Dick" Taiaroa (1866 – 9 April 1954) was a New Zealand rugby union footballer who was a member of the 1888–89 New Zealand Native football team that toured New Zealand, the British Isles, and Australia. The tour was the longes ...

(c. 1866–1954), New Zealand rugby union player *

Hōri Kerei Taiaroa Hōri Kerei Taiaroa (born 1830s or early 1840s – 4 August 1905), also known as Huriwhenua, was a Māori member of the New Zealand parliament and the paramount chief of the southern iwi of Ngāi Tahu. The son of Ngāi Tahu leader Te Mātenga Ta ...

(c. 1835–1905), New Zealand politician and Māori leader *

John Taiaroa John Grey "Jack" Taiaroa (16 September 1862 – 31 December 1907), of Ngāi Tahu descent, was a New Zealand rugby union player. A halfback, he played nine matches for the New Zealand national team in 1884—the warm-up in Wellington and all eig ...

(1862–1907), New Zealand sportsman * Te Mātenga Taiaroa (c. 1795–1863), New Zealand Māori leader *

Tini Kerei Taiaroa Tini Kerei Taiaroa (born Tini Pana; – 4 September 1934) was a notable New Zealand founding mother and community worker. Of Māori descent, she identified with the Ngāi Tahu iwi. She was born at Moeraki Moeraki is a small fishing villa ...

, (1846–1934), New Zealand community worker

Other

SS Taiaroa The SS ''Taiaroa'' was 228 ton Union Steam ship coaster that grounded near the Waiau Toa / Clarence River on 11 April 1886. Thirty six people, 15 passengers and 21 crew, total lost their lives when they abandoned the boat after it had grounded ...

, a steamship built in 1875 that operated in New Zealand * HMS Taiaroa (1883), a torpedo boat assigned to the defense of Port Chalmers, New Zealand * ''Taiaroa'' (coral), a genus of corals {{disambiguation