Whakaki

Whakaki
Settlement
Coordinates: 39°02′13″S 177°35′10″E / 39.037°S 177.586°E / -39.037; 177.586
CountryNew Zealand
RegionHawke's Bay Region
Territorial authorityWairoa District
Ward
  • Wairoa General Ward
  • Wairoa Māori Ward
Electorates
Postcode(s)
4196

Whakaki is a settlement east of Wairoa within the Wairoa District and Hawke's Bay Region of New Zealand's North Island. State Highway 2 runs through it.

Whakakī Lake, southwest of the settlement, is the largest freshwater lagoon on the east coast of the North Island.

Whakakī is a Māori word meaning "to fill".