Taranaki

is a local government region of New Zealand. It adjoins the central portion of the west coast of the North Island, the Waikato Region to the north, and the Manawatu-Wanganui Region to the east.

Chief population centre is New Plymouth on the north-west coast. Others include Stratford and Hawera.

The region's boundaries are similar to those of the former Taranaki Province (1858-1876), which was called the New Plymouth Province from 1852 to 1858.