Pāora

Pāora or Paora is both a given name and a surname. It is a Māori transliteration of the name Paul. Notable people with the name include:

• Keith Paora Curry (born 1963 or 1964), New Zealand nurse
• Pāora Kīngi Delamere (1889–1981), New Zealand carpenter, boat builder, and Ringatū leader
• Pāora Kaiwhata (died 1892), New Zealand tribal leader
• Pāora Taki (died 1897), New Zealand tribal leader and warrior
• Pāora Temuera (1886–1957), New Zealand Anglican priest
• Pāora Te Potangaroa (died 1881), Māori prophet
• Paora Tūhaere (c. 1825–1892), New Zealand Māori leader
• Pāora Winitana (born 1976), New Zealand basketball player

• Ōtene Pāora (c. 1870–1930), New Zealand Māori leader
• Roka Paora (1925–2011), Māori language expert

• Paora (hatched 2019), kiwi

• Paora gusevae, a cricket species in the subfamily Nemobiinae
• Hato Paora College, boys' school in New Zealand