Poukawa is a rural community in the Hastings District and Hawke's Bay Region of New Zealand's North Island.

Poukawa settlement is in an SA1 statistical area, which covers 19.49 km2 (7.53 sq mi).

[5][6] In October 2020, the Government committed $887,291 from the Provincial Growth Fund to upgrade the marae and 4 others, creating 12 jobs.

[5][6] In October 2020, the Government committed $6,020,910 to upgrade Kahurānaki and 17 other marae, creating 39 jobs.

By 1891 there were 3 trains a day in each direction,[12] serving a shelter shed, platform, cart approach, loading bank and a short siding.

[13] In 1929 a passing loop was added, which was moved north east, near to Te Mahanga Road, in 1958.

In the 1931 earthquake the line near Te Mahanga Road was displaced by about 5 ft (1.5 m).

[15] After an 1884 petition for a platform at Te Hauke, 2 mi 27 ch (3.8 km) south of Poukawa, described as a Native Settlement, a short platform was provided in 1886 and a shelter shed in 1906.