Makarika is a rural community and valley in the Gisborne District of New Zealand's North Island.
It is located just south of Ruatoria and Hiruharama, off State Highway 35.
[1] The Penu Pā includes a memorial to Private Parekura Makarini McLean, who was killed in combat in Egypt in 1941, during World War II.
[3] The area has two marae belonging to hapū of Ngāti Porou iwi.
Rongoitekai or Penu Marae and Rongo i te Kai meeting house is a meeting place of Te Aitanga a Mate.