Ngawaka Taurua (died 28 April 1888) was leader of NgÃÂti Hine, a sub-tribe () of NgÃÂti Ruanui, a New Zealand MÃÂori tribe () in the area south of Mount Taranaki.
Taurua taught at PÃÂtea under the Wesleyan catechist William Hough in the 1840s. He would later petition the Wesleyan Church for a minister, and was ultimately responsible for the erection of three churches: Tà «tahi, south of Whenuakura, in 1883; Te Takerei-o-Aotea, at Manutahi, in 1888; and Te Kapenga, at Hukatere, in 1889.
In the in the electorate, Taurua came last out of five candidates.
Taurua died 28 April 1888 and was buried at Hukatere.