Matakana is a small town in the Rodney Ward of Auckland Council of New Zealand. Warkworth lies about 9 km to the south-west, Snells Beach the same distance to the south, Ōmaha is about 7 km to the east, and Leigh about 13 km to the north-east. The Matakana River flows through the town and into Kawau Bay to the south-east.