Awakino is a settlement in the south of Waitomo District, in the North Island of New Zealand.

It is located on State Highway 3 at the mouth of the Awakino River, five kilometres north of Mōkau.

[1] North of Awakino, State Highway 3 turns inland, and the coast is largely unpopulated.

Beyond Awakino there are no settlements of any size on the coast south of the Kawhia Harbour.

The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "bad creek" for Awakino.