Wakapuaka

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

{{Use New Zealand English|date=July 2021}}

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| name = Wakapuaka

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| settlement_type = Town

| image_skyline = Wakapuaka Memorial Hall MRD.jpg

| image_caption = Wakapuaka Memorial Hall

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = New Zealand

| subdivision_type1 = Region

| subdivision_name1 = Nelson

| established_title = First Settled

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Wakapuaka is a small township lying to the north of Nelson, New Zealand. It lies on {{NZlSH|6}} inland from the northern end of Nelson Haven, between Marybank and Hira. The road to Glenduan joins SH 6 at Wakapuaka.Reed New Zealand atlas (2004) Auckland: Reed Publishing. Map 59. {{ISBN|0 7900 0952 8}}Wise's Nelson-Blenheim "Easyread" Map {{ISBN|1 877402 50 8}}