Apirana Taylor (born 15 March 1955) is a New Zealand writer known for his poetry, short stories, novels and plays.

[2] He was a prominent member of the Māori theatre cooperative Te Ohu Whakaari alongside his brother Rangimoana Taylor, who founded the group, and their sister Riwia Brown.

Taylor's play Whaea Kairau: Mother Hundred Eater (1995) first produced by Taki Rua is described as a 'seminal Maori theatre work'.

The play is an epic story set in the late 1840s in New Zealand, the central character is a dispossessed Irish woman and family.

[6] Poetry by Taylor was included in UPU, a curation of Pacific Island writers’ work which was first presented at the Silo Theatre as part of the Auckland Arts Festival in March 2020.