Paoa may refer to:

Pa'o'a, a Tahitian dance Pāoa, the eponymous ancestor of the Ngāti Pāoa iwi of the Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand Paoa Kahanamoku (1890–1968), Hawaiian swimmer, surfer and actor Paoa, in Hawaiian religion, a figure related to the goddess Hiʻiaka

See also Paoay