Putauaki, Volcanic summit in Whakatāne District, New Zealand.

Putauaki is a dacite volcanic cone rising to 821 m (2,694 ft) above sea level, located 3 km east of Kawerau and 50 km east of Rotorua. It is the easternmost vent of the Taupō Volcanic Zone, adjacent to the Ōkataina volcanic centre. The mountain consists of a younger cone and an older dome to the west that is 400 m lower, with a main crater whose outer flank slopes at 36° and inner flank at 30°.

Captain James Cook named the cone Mount Edgecumbe on 2 November 1769, possibly after John Edgecombe, sergeant of marines on the Endeavour. In 1925 the mountain was gazetted with two official names, Putauaki and Mount Edgecumbe. The Crown took part of the mountain from Ngāti Awa in the 1880s for supposed military settlement, and the Waitangi Tribunal declared the confiscation illegal in 1999.

Māori tradition tells that Pūtauaki loved Whakaari / White Island and set out at night to reach the sea, but the sunrise froze him in place near Kawerau; Tarawera's weeping is said to have formed the Tarawera Falls and river. Another version has Pūtauaki leaving Tarawera after a troubled marriage. The mountain is also called Mount Edgecumbe, the name James Cook gave it on 2 November 1769.

Access to the northern half of the mountain, returned to Māori ownership in 1999, requires payment of a fee; the mountain is administered by Maori Investments Limited. The cone rises directly beside Kawerau, about four kilometres from the town, and its northwest flank above the town is identified as a landslide risk during long rain combined with earthquakes.

A King of the Mountain race was run on Pūtauaki as part of the international King of the Mountain series between 1955 and 2020, with proceeds donated to charity. The mountain also carries a major FM radio transmitter for the eastern Bay of Plenty, which served as the area's main analogue television transmitter until the digital switchover in December 2013.