Nūhaka is a small settlement in the northern Hawke's Bay Region of New Zealand's eastern North Island, lying on State Highway 2 between Wairoa and Gisborne.

Nūhaka has one general store, a fish and chip shop, a local garage and a pāua factory.

It also has a substantial and well supported meetinghouse of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

It has several marae (meeting grounds) and wharenui (meeting houses) for Ngāti Rakaipaaka and other iwi (tribe) and hapū: The master-carved Kahungunu Marae is a war memorial carved under the tutelage of Pine Taiapa.

Since 2005, it has hosted events as part of the Wairoa Māori Film Festival.