Tokanui is a rural locality in the Waipa District and Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island.

[4] The closure of the hospital resulted in the loss of 600 jobs, and there was little alternative employment available in the area.

[5] The hall, at 4 Te Kawa Road,[6] about 4 km (2.5 mi) south of Tokanui,[7] opened on 18 January 1928.

Tokanui is also the name of a village in Southland, where its origin is thought to be the Māori words for rock (toka) and large, or many (nui).

[12] Tokanui settlement is in an SA1 statistical area which covers 7.90 km2 (3.05 sq mi).

[14] Tokanui hill is 165 m (541 ft) high[7] and an extinct arc basalt Alexandra Volcanic Group volcano.

[15] It rises about 30 m (98 ft) from the surrounding hills, formed of Puketoka (3.1m year old pumice sandstone, including peat) and Karapiro (younger pumice sandstone of silt, sand and clay) Formations,[16] and about 100 m (330 ft) above the surrounding land and lies about 5 km (3.1 mi) south of the village, just to the west of SH3.

Argillitic greywacke, one of the Manaia Hill group of rocks, of Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous age, is used for aggregate.