title: Awatea
text: # Awatea
  
  Awatea is a Māori term meaning The dawning of a new day.
  
  * The Forsyth Barr Stadium at University Plaza in Dunedin, New Zealand, known during planning as "Awatea Street Stadium" after its location
  * Awatea, a ship used for troop transportation in World War II
  * Awatea, a 1969 play by Bruce Mason
  * Awatea, a marque of bordeaux-variety red wine from Te Mata Estate vintnery
  
  Awatea is also occasionally found as a unisex given name.
  
  