Muriwai is a settlement and rural community at the southern end of Poverty Bay, in the Gisborne District of New Zealand's North Island, south of Manutuke. The main settlement is just west of Young Nick's Head. State Highway 2 runs through Muriwai on its way from Gisborne to Hawke's Bay.
The settlement has two marae, belonging to the NgÃÂi TÃÂmanuhiri hapà « of NgÃÂi Tawehi, NgÃÂti Kahutia, NgÃÂti Rangitauwhiwhia, NgÃÂti Rangiwaho and NgÃÂti Rangiwahomatua: Muriwai Marae and Te Poho o Tamanuhiri meeting house, and Waiari Marae and meeting house.
In October 2020, the Government committed $462,318 from the Provincial Growth Fund to upgrade the marae.
Muriwai School is a Year 1âÂÂ8 co-educational public primary school, teaching entirely in the MÃÂori language. It had a roll of as of .