Kutarere is a community in the Ōpōtiki District and Bay of Plenty Region of New Zealand's North Island, on the coast of the Ohiwa Harbour. The local Ōhiwa Harbour is known as the "daughter of Te Whakatōhea" because it supplied the iwi with fish and shellfish. It is also known as "the food basket of the peoples", because of the food Ngāi Tūhoe and Ngāti Awa were able to gather from the area. Following the European settlement of the Ōpōtiki township, Kutarere became a port for incoming goods until October 1959.