Sir Terence Power McLean KNZM MBE (15 July 1913 – 11 July 2004), often known simply by his initials as T. P. McLean, was a New Zealand sports journalist and author specialising in rugby union.
McLean commenced as a journalist on the Auckland Sun in 1930, subsequently working on the Hastings Tribune, New Zealand Observer, Taranaki Daily News, and Evening Post (Wellington).
After service in World War II, he joined the New Zealand Herald in Auckland as sports editor in 1946.
In the 1978 Queen's Birthday Honours, McLean was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire for services to sporting journalism.
[3] In the New Year Honours 1997, McLean was appointed a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, also for services to sporting journalism.