Raureka is a suburb of Hastings City, in the Hawke's Bay Region of New Zealand's North Island.

[3] Raureka locals established a campaign in 2018 to stop the council selling part of Ebbett Park to developers.

Before the 2023 census, the suburb area had a smaller boundary, covering 2.08 km2 (0.80 sq mi).

The percentage of people born overseas was 18.7, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 45.7% had no religion, 38.5% were Christian, 3.0% had Māori religious beliefs, 1.5% were Hindu, 0.4% were Muslim, 1.0% were Buddhist and 3.5% had other religions.