Te Poi is a small village in rural Waikato, New Zealand, established in 1912 at the base of the Kaimai Range. Te Poi is part of a thriving farming area, particularly for dairying, thoroughbred horse breeding and cropping.

The village is serviced by a garage, a cafe, a pub/restaurant and many other small businesses, and has a public tennis court. There are trout fishing spots nearby.^[3]

From Te Poi, it is 40 minutes to Tauranga, 35 minutes to Rotorua, 45 minutes to Hamilton, two hours to skiing at Mount Ruapehu on the Central Plateau and two hours to Auckland.

Te Poi built a memorial hall in 1922 to commemorate fallen soldiers from World War I. It built another memorial hall to commemorate its fallen sons from World War II.^[4]

Te Poi was the site of the Sunny Park-Hinuera Cooperative Dairy Company, known for its casein production. In 1983 Sunny Park buildings were auctioned off after the merger with the Waikato Dairy Company. The village has weathered the loss of the factory well due to its central location.^[5]

The town celebrated its district centenary on 31 March 2012.

Te Poi settlement is in an SA1 statistical area, which covers 12.12 km² (4.68 sq mi).^[1] The SA1 area is part of the larger Te Poi statistical area.

The SA1 area had a population of 210 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 18 people (9.4%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 30 people (16.7%) since the 2006 census. There were 72 households, comprising 117 males and 90 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.3 males per female. The median age was 34.6 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 48 people (22.9%) aged under 15 years, 39 (18.6%) aged 15 to 29, 102 (48.6%) aged 30 to 64, and 24 (11.4%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 90.0% European/Pākehā, 15.7% Māori, 0.0% Pacific peoples, 2.9% Asian, and 1.4% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.

Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 61.4% had no religion, 30.0% were Christian, 2.9% had Māori religious beliefs and 1.4% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 18 (11.1%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 36 (22.2%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $36,000, compared with $31,800 nationally. 21 people (13.0%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 96 (59.3%) people were employed full-time, 30 (18.5%) were part-time, and 3 (1.9%) were unemployed.^[2]

Te Poi School is a co-educational state primary school for Year 1 to 6 students,^[10] with a roll of 71 as of February 2024.^[11]

Older children go to Matamata by bus for intermediate and secondary school.^[11]