Otaika (Māori: Ōtaika) is a suburb of Whangārei 7 km south of the city in Northland, New Zealand.

The Otaika Stream runs from the north west, through the area, and into the Whangārei Harbour.

[3][4][5] The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "place of lying in a heap" for Ōtāika.

George Edge's wandering geese were sometimes eaten by locals, leading to a nickname for the valley of "Kai-goose".

[8] The local Toetoe Marae and Toetoe meeting house, located north of the village on the northern shores of the Otaika Stream, is a tribal meeting ground for the Ngāpuhi hapū of Te Parawhau and Te Uriroroi, and the Ngāti Whātua hapū of Te Uriroroi.

The results were 83.0% European (Pākehā); 31.7% Māori; 3.7% Pasifika; 3.0% Asian; 0.4% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 1.3% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander".