Te Mata Peak, Mountain summit in Hawke's Bay Region, New Zealand.

Te Mata Peak is a 399-metre summit in the Hawke's Bay region, formed largely of limestone that was once the sea floor. On its southeastern side, cliffs drop 140 metres into the Tukituki Valley, and boulders below record past rockfalls. A sealed road climbs twelve kilometres from Havelock North to the lookout.

John Chambers, a Quaker from England, bought 600 acres near Tarawera in 1854, then traded that land for the Te Mata Peak area, completing the purchase in 1862. Through further buys and sheep farming he held 18,000 acres and 35,000 sheep. Shortly before his death he divided the land among his three sons, who gave 98 hectares to the Hawke's Bay County Council in 1927 to create the Te Mata Trust Park.

The name Te Mata-o-Rongokako means "the face of Rongokako", an ancestor of Ngāti Kahungunu said to be buried here. Seen from the north, the ridge looks like a person lying down, and European settlers called it the "Sleeping Giant", a name still used.

A sealed road climbs from Havelock North to the summit lookout, a drive of about twelve kilometres. Trails for hikers and mountain bikers branch off along the way. The southeastern cliffs drop 140 metres, so keep to marked paths near the edge.

The southeastern cliffs drop about 140 metres, among the highest on the North Island, and their height is reduced by erosion: boulders on the valley floor below are rockfall debris. The peak's ridge is made mainly of limestone that was once the sea floor, lifted by tectonic movement where the Australian Plate rides over the Pacific Plate.