title: Taua (disambiguation)
text: # Taua (disambiguation)
  
  A taua is a war party in the tradition of the Maori, the indigenous people of New Zealand.
  
  Taua may also refer to:
  
  ## Places
  
  * Tauá, a small municipality in the state of Ceará in the Northeast region of Brazil
  * Tauá (Rio de Janeiro), a neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  * Santo Antônio do Tauá, a municipality in the state of Pará in the Northern region of Brazil
  * Mata Taua Peak, a peak in Antarctica
  
  ## People
  
  * Tauã (footballer) (born 1995), Brazilian footballer
  * Vai Taua (born 1988), American football player
  * Wiremu Hoani Taua (1862–1919), New Zealand tribal leader
  
  ## Other uses
  
  * Taua, a 2007 New Zealand short film written and directed by Tearepa Kahi
  * Oenomaus taua, a species of butterfly
  * Waka taua, Māori war canoe
  