Helen Patricia "Tiny" White OBE (née Groome; 18 April 1924 – 10 January 2020) was a New Zealand horsewoman, best known as a dressage rider, and the first New Zealander to qualify as a FEI three-day event judge.

Born Helen Patricia Groome in Hastings on 18 April 1924, White was the daughter of Ernest Groome.^[1] She was educated at Woodford House from 1936 to 1942, and worked as a land girl on the family farm during World War II.^[1][2] In 1951, she married Eric White, and the couple went on to have three children, including equestrian Tinks Pottinger.^[1]

White won the New Zealand dressage championship on eight occasions.^[1] In 1971, she won the Prix St Georges dressage at the Sydney Royal Easter Show, as well as the lady's hack and best lady rider titles, with her horse Rigoletto.^[2] Subsequently, she and her husband, Eric, judged hacks and hunters at Sydney, as well as in England, at Hickstead.^[2]

White became involved in the sport as an official and administrator, serving on the executive of the Dressage and Pony Club, including a period as chair.^[1] She was the first FEI three-day event judge in New Zealand, and was also an FEI dressage judge.^[2] In 2006, she became patron of Equestrian Sports New Zealand.^[2]

In the 1992 Queen's Birthday Honours, White was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for services to equestrian sport.^[3]

White died in Havelock North on 10 January 2020.^[4][5]