Athenree is a rural settlement coastal town in the Western Bay of Plenty District of New Zealand.

[5] The settlement was named for Athenry in Country Galway, Ireland by settlers arriving in 1878, including Captain Hugh Stewart (a brother of George Vesey Stewart) and his wife, Adela Blanche Stewart, who wrote a book about her experiences called My Simple Life in New Zealand.

[6] The settlement was initially successful due to the 1878 opening of the Martha gold mine in Waihi, and later because of dairy farming.

The percentage of people born overseas was 20.1, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 56.3% had no religion, 34.7% were Christian, 0.7% had Māori religious beliefs and 1.9% had other religions.