Pāora () or Paora () is a given name and a surname. It is a Māori transliteration of the name Paul. Notable people with the name include:
People
Given name 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 (–1892), New Zealand Māori leader Pāora Winitana (born 1976), New Zealand basketball player
Surname Ōtene Pāora (–1930), New Zealand Māori leader Roka Paora (1925–2011), Māori language expert
Organisms Paora (hatched 2019), brown kiwi
See also
Paora gusevae, a cricket species in the subfamily Nemobiinae Hato Pāora College, boys' school in New Zealand