The Karikari Peninsula on the east coast of the far north of Northland, New Zealand, is between Rangaunu Harbour to the west, and Doubtless Bay to the southeast.

The rocky northern part, which has an east–west orientation and is approximately 17 km long, was originally an island[3] but is now connected to the mainland by a low sandy tombolo approximately 11 km long, which has a north–south orientation.

The results were 70.6% European (Pākehā); 48.0% Māori; 4.6% Pasifika; 1.4% Asian; 0.4% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 2.5% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander".

[11] In Māori mythology, the waka Waipapa, captained by Kaiwhetu and Wairere, made its first landing in New Zealand at Karikari.

[12] The two largest settlements are Whatuwhiwhi, which is situated on the south side of the north-eastern part of the peninsula, and nearby Tokerau Beach, which lies at the northern end of the eastern side of the sandy strip.

[13] The tombolo once had kauri forests, but in the 1960s the only vegetation was short scrub, some gorse and wīwī (rushes).