Dame Aroha Reriti-Crofts, DNZM, CBE, JP, (née Crofts; 1938 – 2022) was a New Zealand community worker who was national president of the Māori Women’s Welfare League. Of Māori descent, she affiliated to Ngāi Tahu.
Greta Regina Aroha Yates-Smith, known as Aroha Yates-Smith, is a New Zealand performer and academic, who affiliates to Te Arawa, Tainui, Takitimu, Horouta, and Mataatua. She is known for her research into forgotten Māori female deities.
Aroha Awarau is a New Zealand journalist and playwright. He won the 2008 New Zealand Magazine Journalist of the Year (Mass Market) at the annual Magazine Publisher's Association Award.