Bideford is a small rural settlement, located in the Masterton district in the Wairarapa region of the North Island of New Zealand.

The town is located 35 kilometres northeast of Masterton and a similar distance southwest of Eketāhuna.

Bideford had a primary school until the Wairarapa school merge of 2004.

The settlement is named after Bideford, Devon, and was previously known as Upper Taueru until 1878.

[1] Bideford is part of the Whareama statistical area.