Tamatea may refer to: People Tamatea Arikinui, legendary Māori explorer and captain of the Tākitimu canoe Tamatea Urehaea, legendary Māori explorer, grandson of Tamatea Arikinui
Places and institutions Tamatea, Napier, New Zealand Tamatea / Dusky Sound, Fiordland, New Zealand Tamatea (meeting house), Ōtākou, Dunedin, New Zealand Tamatea (whare), Kohukohu, Hokianga, New Zealand Tamatea ki te Huatahi meeting house, Mōtītī Island, New Zealand Tamatea Pokai Whenua meeting house of Pouākani Marae, Mangakino, New Zealand Tamatea Pokaiwhenua meeting house, Judea, New Zealand Tamatea, a geographical and administrative division of Ngāti Kahungunu, New Zealand