Peter Robert Hawes (30 September 1947 – 29 October 2018) was a New Zealand playwright, novelist, and scriptwriter.

Born in Westport, Hawes earned a Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Canterbury, in Christchurch.

Whilst living in Barcelona, he wrote—in Spanish—a best-selling novel about the Spanish Inquisition: La Hoguera (The Bonfire), published in 1974.

[1] After returning to New Zealand in 1975, he worked for television, as a researcher and journalist, and as a scriptwriter for various series, including Fraggle Rock, and Against the Law.

[2][3] Peter Hawes (2014), Forty Years of Centrepoint Theatre: The History According to Hawes (PDF), p. 77, Wikidata Q107708826, a history of Centrepoint Theatre in Palmerston North