Waikawa Beach is a small settlement in the Horowhenua District of the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island. It is located on the South Taranaki Bight at the mouth of Waikawa Stream, 7.5 kilometres northwest of Manakau, and 19 kilometres southwest of Levin, both distances being by road. Hank Edwards Reserve is a small park adjacent to a footpath over Waikawa Stream. In Hank Edwards Reserve is a defibrillator on the street-facing wall of the facilities block.