Tāneatua is a small town in the Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand's North Island, 13 kilometres south of Whakatāne.

[3] State Highway 2 passes through the town on its route between Edgecumbe and Ōpōtiki.

The small settlements of Ruatoki and Waimana are to the south and south-east of Tāneatua.

Te Kura Whare, the headquarters of the Ngāi Tūhoe tribe's representative body, Te Uru Taumatua, is on the highway at the north-western end of Tāneatua.

It includes a library, gallery, archive and large tribal meeting chamber.

Earlier considered part of the East Coast Main Trunk Railway, it became a branch line off the main line from Hawkens Junction, northwest of Edgecumbe.