Kokatahi

{{Use New Zealand English|date=March 2024}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

{{Infobox settlement

|name = Kokatahi

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = New Zealand

|subdivision_type1 = Region

|subdivision_name1 = West Coast

|subdivision_type2 = District

|subdivision_name2 = Westland District

|seat_type = Electorates

|timezone = NZST

|utc_offset = +12

|timezone_DST = NZDT

|utc_offset_DST = +13

|postal_code_type = Postcode

|postal_code = 7881

|area_code = 03

|seat = West Coast-Tasman
Te Tai Tonga

|pushpin_map = New Zealand West Coast

|coordinates = {{coord|42|49|58|S|171|2|0|E|region:NZ|display=inline,title}}

|blank_name = Local iwi

|blank_info = Ngāi Tahu

}}

Kokatahi is a locality on the West Coast of New Zealand. Hokitika is about {{convert|15|km|abbr=off}} to the north-west. The Kokatahi River flows through the area and into the Hokitika River to the north-west.{{cite book|title=Reed New Zealand Atlas|year=2004|isbn=0-7900-0952-8|editor=Peter Dowling |publisher=Reed Books|pages=map 68}}{{cite book|title=The Geographic Atlas of New Zealand|year=2005|isbn=1-877333-20-4|author=Roger Smith, GeographX|publisher=Robbie Burton|pages=map 156}}

Farming in the area started in the late 1860s to produce oats and vegetables to feed the gold rush miners and their horses. Dairy farming makes up a large percentage of the farms in and around Kokatahi.{{cite book|title=Illustrated History of the West Coast|first=Anna|last=Rogers|year=2005|isbn=0-7900-1022-4|page=61|publisher=Reed Books }} In 1900–1901, a dairy factory opened at Kokatahi.Rogers, p 100