Eketāhuna is a small rural settlement, in the south of the Tararua District and the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island.

It is situated on State Highway 2, on the eastern bank of the Mākākahi River.

[4] The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "land on the sandbank" for Eketāhuna.

[5] When pronounced in the typical Pākehā way, the name sounds like the Afrikaans sentence "I have a chicken" (Afrikaans: Ek het 'n hoender), making it amusing to immigrant Afrikaans-speaking South Africans in New Zealand.

[7] The Pukaha / Mount Bruce National Wildlife Centre is located to the south of the town.

[8] The population of Eketāhuna and the wider area has plummeted in the 21st century, dropping from 1,920 in 1996 to just 630 in 2013.

Measuring 6.2 on the Richter magnitude scale, the quake caused moderate damage all over the southern North Island.

[10] In July 2020, the name of the town was officially gazetted as Eketāhuna by the New Zealand Geographic Board.