Poroporo is a rural community in the Whakatāne District and Bay of Plenty Region of New Zealand's North Island.

[3][4] Ngāti Awa elder, soldier and community leader Peter Mason was born in the area in 1943.

His family worked for local farmers, grew their own crops and fished in the nearby river before it was dammed to irrigate new farms.

Mason speak exclusively Māori, until beginning at the local Poroporo Native School.

It has several marae, which are meeting grounds of Ngāti Awa hapū:[7][8] In October 2020, the Government committed $4,871,246 from the Provincial Growth Fund to upgrade Pūkeko, Rangataua, Rewatu and 9 other Ngāti Awa marae, creating 23 jobs.