Waitati, from the Māori Waitete,[4][5] is a small seaside settlement in Otago, New Zealand, within the city limits of Dunedin.

It is located close to the tidal mudflats of Blueskin Bay, 19 kilometres north of the Dunedin city centre.

The Main South Line railway curves from east to north through Waitati.

The Waitati Militia, a mock combat group, was founded here,[8][9] and the village featured in the history of the Values Party, Mushroom magazine and anti Vietnam War and Aramoana aluminium smelter protests,[10] as well as the development in New Zealand of environmental education.

[citation needed] The Orokonui Ecosanctuary wildlife sanctuary is set in an area of native bush here.

[15] Former Green Party co-leader Metiria Turei lives in Waitati.