Waikouaiti

Waikouaiti
Town
State Highway 1 at Waikouaiti, looking south
Coordinates: 45°35′40″S 170°40′20″E / 45.59444°S 170.67222°E / -45.59444; 170.67222
Country	New Zealand
Island	South Island
Region	Otago
Community board	Waikouaiti Coast Community Board[1]
Electorates	Dunedin Te Tai Tonga (Māori)
Government
• Territorial authority	Dunedin City Council
• Regional council	Otago Regional Council
• Mayor of Dunedin	Jules Radich
• Dunedin MP	Rachel Brooking
• Te Tai Tonga MP	Tākuta Ferris
Area [2]
• Total	7.33 km2 (2.83 sq mi)
Population  (June 2023)[3]
• Total	1,260
• Density	170/km2 (450/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+12 (NZST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+13 (NZDT)
Area code	03
Local iwi	Ngāi Tahu

Waikouaiti is a small town in East Otago, New Zealand, within the city limits of Dunedin. The town is close to the coast and the mouth of the Waikouaiti River.

Today, Waikouaiti is a retail trade and servicing centre for the surrounding district, which has sheep farming as the principal primary activity. A major egg producer, Zeagold Foods, a branch of Mainland Poultry LTD has a 500,000-hen factory farming operation here and is in the process of expanding over the next year to meet demand for egg products. Hawksbury, 3 km southwest of Waikouaiti, has a cheese factory and shop, a swimming pool and housing developed from the old mental health institution, Cherry Farm. Karitane, 3 km to the southeast has a small fishing port.