Waimā is a community in the south Hokianga area of Northland, New Zealand.

[1][2] In 1810, an encounter at Waimā during the Musket Wars resulted in the death of the Ngā Puhi chief Te Tauroto.

[3][4] Te Whareumu was killed and Muriwai mortally wounded in a skirmish in March 1828.

[10][11] In October 2020, the Government committed $325,525 from the Provincial Growth Fund to upgrade Tuhirangi Marae, creating 1 jobs.

[12] Waimā is included in the Waimā Forest statistical area, which covers 237.00 km2 (91.51 sq mi)[13] and had an estimated population of 1,190 as of June 2024,[14] with a population density of 5.0 people per km2.

The results were 37.0% European (Pākehā); 81.1% Māori; 7.4% Pasifika; 2.2% Asian; 0.8% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 0.5% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander".

[21] During the Dog Tax War of 1898, the government army of 120 men set up camp at Waima School.