Rotokauri is a semi-rural suburb split between western Hamilton and Waikato District in New Zealand.

[5] The outskirts of Rotokauri have an impressive orchid farm, all under glass, exporting blooms across the world, and providing ample local employment.

The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "kauri tree lake" for Rotokauri.

It is a peat lake in Waiwhakareke Natural Heritage Park, 60 ha (150 acres) bought by the City Council in 1975.

Like most of Waikato it would have been inundated by a flood of water and ignimbrite debris from Lake Taupō about 22,000 years ago.