Peka Peka, sometimes Pekapeka, is a lightly populated seaside locality[1] on the Kapiti Coast of New Zealand's North Island. Its population according to the 2001 New Zealand Census of Population and Dwellings is 195, an increase of 35.4% or 51 people since the 1996 census.[2] It is located just off State Highway 1 and the North Island Main Trunk railway between Waikanae and Te Horo.
Peka Peka was briefly internationally famous when a young emperor penguin, usually only found in the Antarctic, appeared on Peka Peka beach on the 21st of June 2011[3][4].