Whakatīwai is a locality on the Seabird Coast on the western shore of the Firth of Thames, in the Hauraki District, New Zealand.

[5] Whakatīwai is the site where the Tainui ancestor Hotunui settled, after exiling himself from the Kāwhia Harbour.

[9] In 1874, Ngāti Pāoa held a great hui at Whakatīwai for over 3,000 delegates to finalise the plans for opening the Ohinemuri goldfields in the Karangahake Gorge, at which speakers included crown negotiator James Mackay and numerous leading Hauraki Māori.

[4] HMNZS Hinau (T17), a minesweeper from World War II, was beached at Stevenson's gravel quarry in the mid-1950s to serve as a breakwater.

A photograph of the wreck featured on the cover of The Islander, a record album by Dave Dobbyn.