Matua may refer to:
People Hotu Matuꞌa, legendary first settler and chief of Easter Island and ancestor of the Rapa Nui people Matua (priest) (fl. 1838), High Priest of Mangareva Fred Matua (1984–2012), American football player Henare Matua (c.1838–1894), New Zealand tribal leader, reformer, and politician
Places Matua (island), in the Kuril Islands chain Matua, New Zealand, a suburb of Tauranga
Other uses Matua (spider), a spider genus Matua Mahasangha, a sect of Hinduism in Bengal Matua, a social caste of the Chamorro people
See also