Editing Taranaki (section)

==Notable people==
{{See also|Category:People from Taranaki}}

*[[Harry Atkinson]] – Premier of New Zealand and Colonial Treasurer
*[[Te Rangi Hīroa|Peter Buck]] (Te Rangi Hīroa) of [[Ngāti Mutunga]] – Māori scholar, politician, military leader, health administrator, anthropologist, museum director, born in Urenui
*[[Richard Faull]] – New Zealand neuroscientist and academic, born and raised in Tikorangi
*[[Māui Pōmare|Māui Wiremu Pita Naera Pōmare]] of [[Ngāti Mutunga]] – politician, Minister of Health
*[[Frederic Carrington]] – surveyor and father of New Plymouth
*[[William Douglas Cook]] – founder of [[Eastwoodhill Arboretum]], [[Ngatapa]], [[Gisborne, New Zealand|Gisborne]] and of [[Pukeiti, Taranaki|Pukeiti]], world-famous [[rhododendron]] garden, New Plymouth.
*[[Hāmi Te Māunu]] – hereditary Maori leader of Ngāti Mutunga<!--- Hami alpha. seq. ---> 
*[[Wiremu Kīngi Te Rangitāke]] – Māori chief of [[Te Āti Awa]], leader in the [[First Taranaki War]]
*[[William George Malone|William Malone]] – First World War officer
*[[Len Lye]] – artist, filmmaker born in Christchurch, collection only housed in New Plymouth
*[[Minarapa Rangihatuake]] – Methodist missionary, active from about 1839 in Taranaki<ref name="DNZB Rangihatuake">{{DNZB|title=Minarapa Rangihatuake|first= John H.|last= Roberts|id=1r1|accessdate=23 April 2017}}</ref>
*[[Michael Smither]] – artist
*[[Ronald Syme]] – scholar of ancient history
*[[Riwha Titokowaru]] – Ngaruahine military war leader
*[[Te Whiti o Rongomai]] – spiritual leader of Parihaka and pioneer of peaceful protest strategies<ref>{{cite web|title=Te Whiti o Rongomai|url=http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/people/erueti-te-whiti-o-rongomai-iii|publisher=Ministry for Culture and Heritage|access-date=2014-12-20}}</ref>

===Sports people===
*All Blacks: [[Beauden Barrett]], [[Scott Barrett (rugby union)|Scott Barrett]], [[Jordie Barrett]], [[Ross Brown (rugby union)|Ross Brown]], [[Peter Burke (rugby union)|Peter Burke]] [[Grant Fox]], [[Luke McAlister]], [[Kayla McAlister]], [[Graham Mourie]], [[Conrad Smith]], [[Carl Hayman]], Mark Robertson
*Rugby League: , [[Issac Luke]], [[Curtis Rona]], [[Howie Tamati]] Graham West
*[[Michael Campbell]] – golfer
*[[Paige Hareb]] – professional surfer
*[[Peter Snell]] – Gold medal-winning athlete, born in Ōpunake.
*[[Hannah Bromley]] – Former professional footballer.
*[[Mackenzie Barry]] - Footballer
*[[Stan Lay]] - Javelin
*[[Frank van Hattum]] - Footballer
*[[Duncan Laing]] - Swimming and surf life saving
*[[David Baldwin (bowls)|David Baldwin]] - Lawn Bowls
*[[Alistar Jordan]] - Cricket
*[[Norman Read|Norman Reed]] - Race walking
*[[Zoe Hobbs]] - Athletics
*[[Martin Donnelly (sportsman)|Martin Donnelly]] - Cricket
*[[Will Young (cricketer)|Will Young]] - Cricket
*Rugby 7s: World, Commonwealth, Olympic gold medalists [[Gayle Broughton]] & [[Michaela Blyde]].