Taumata is a New Zealand Māori word that means the brow of a hill.

It also occurs as a surname that may refer to:

• Arana Taumata (born 1989), a rugby league footballer
• Kevin Taumata, a Māori New Zealand Australian film and television actor
• Santo Taumata (born 2003), a New Zealand rugby union footballer who has played in the Black Ferns (women's national representative team)
• Piripi Taumata-a-Kura (fl. 1823–1868), a New Zealand Māori evangelist

• Taumata, a hill in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand, with an 85-character full name involving Tamatea Urehaea
• Tamatea (disambiguation)