Place:North Koolaupoko, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

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Waikāne or Waikane, also known as North Koolaupoko, is an area and census-designated place in the County of Honolulu, Hawaii, United States, on the island of . It had a population of 778 at the 2010 census. In Hawaiian, koolau poko means "short windward", referring to the fact that this is the shorter of the two windward districts on the island (Koolauloa or "long windward" is the other). Koolaupoko extends from on the southeast to Kaōio Point on the north. Included within the district, south of North Koolaupoko, are the largest windward towns of , Kailua, and Waimānalo.

Waikāne lies mostly along the coastline of and consists of several lush valleys that extend inland to the steep face of the Koolau pali (cliff). The first valley north of is Waiāhole. Next is Waikāne, then Hakipuu, and northernmost is Kualoa. This area differs from the towns, valleys, and ahupuaa of the southern part of Koolaupoko in that it is mostly undeveloped, decidedly rural in character, with many small farms.

Despite the long shoreline, public access to Kāneohe Bay is somewhat limited by private holdings. A small community park at Waiāhole was enlarged and improved in 2003. A larger city and county park at Kualoa provides camping and picnic areas, a long narrow beach, and views of Mokoliʻi Islet. The south side of Kualoa Regional Park faces onto Kāneohe Bay, and the east shore is a fringing reef off the Pacific Ocean coast of northeast Oahu.

The U.S. postal code for all of North Koolaupoko is 96744 (the same as Kāneohe).

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