The Tutaekuri River, in the Wairoa District of New Zealand's Hawke's Bay, rises below Gaddum Road, in the Tutaekuri Conservation Area and flows about east before joining the Waiau River near Raumotu Bridge, about from its confluence with the Wairoa River at Frasertown.
In the upper part of the river, tawa is the dominant canopy tree, with tëtoki, hënau, nëkau, pukatea, ngaio, kà Âwhai and scattered mataë, miro and rewarewa.