Waioeka is a rural community in the Ōpōtiki District and Bay of Plenty Region of New Zealand's North Island.

The percentage of people born overseas was 7.3, compared with 27.1% nationally.

[7] Waioeka was the location of Tanewhirinaki, at the time one of the largest wharenui ever built.

The structure, which was built by Te Kooti for his followers, was completed in the late 1860s.

[8] Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Waioweka is a co-educational Māori language immersion state primary school for Year 1 to 8 students,[9] with a roll of 58 as of November 2024.