| Named By: | Arthur Cruickshank and Ewan Fordyce in 2002 |
| Time Period: | Late Cretaceous, 70-69 Ma |
| Location: | New Zealand, South Island - Katiki Formation |
| Size: | Between 6.5 and 7 meters long |
| Diet: | Squid, possibly fish |
| Fossil(s): | Almost complete individual |
| Classification: | | Chordata | Reptilia | Sauropterygia | Plesiosaura | Plesiosauroidea | Cryptoclidia | Leptocleidia | Leptocleididae | |
Kaiwhekea is an extinct genus of plesiosaur from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian age) of what is now New Zealand.