Pakipaki was a station on the Palmerston North–Gisborne Line. The section from Hastings to Paki Paki opened on 1 January 1875, allowing trains to run the to Spit. The line was one of those which brought about the problems for the international contractors, John Brogden and Sons, when the government criticised it for the delay in opening the line. Other contractors built the x goods shed, the station and the 5th class stationmaster's house. Paki Paki ceased being the temporary terminus, when the line to Te Aute opened on 16 February 1876. By December that year the goods shed had been moved to the new terminus at Waipukurau. Initially there were 4 trains a day in each direction. In 1884 Paki Paki was downgraded to a flag station. In 1896 Pakipaki had a shelter shed, platform and two short sidings. Shortly after, its goods shed was modified. Borthwick's freezing works opened in 1906, with a siding off the railway. In 1912 an automatic tablet exchanger was added to facilitate trains passing. The freezing works collapsed in the 1931 earthquake. The station closed in 1986 and the shelter was demolished.