Aotearoa Mata'u (born 2 May 1997) is a New Zealand rugby union player.

Mata'u was selected in the Black Ferns 28-player squad that played the Wallaroos in a two-test series in October 2016.

[1][2] She made her international debut for New Zealand on 22 October 2016 against Australia in Auckland.

[5][6] She was named in the Black Ferns squad for the 2017 Rugby World Cup in Ireland.

[7][8] In 2018, Mata'u featured in a YouTube video that highlighted her fending off five defenders in a try-scoring run by the giant prop for her Portuguese club, Sporting.