Te Pōhue

Te Pōhue
Te Pōhue
Coordinates: 39°15′S 176°41′E / 39.250°S 176.683°E / -39.250; 176.683
CountryNew Zealand
RegionHawke's Bay
Territorial authorityHastings District

Te Pōhue is a small settlement in inland Hawke's Bay, in New Zealand's eastern North Island. It lies on State Highway 5, 31 kilometres inland from Whirinaki.

The remote settlement was once on a Māori track cutting across the tribal boundaries of Ngāti Kahungunu and Ngāti Tūwharetoa, two tribes who had made peace after a conflict. The modern settlement began as a hotel for travellers in the 1870s, when the original Napier to Taupo coach road was being cut through what was then a dense forest.

Two wind farms were approved for the area in 2006, despite some opposition from local residents.