Epuni

Epuni
Epuni
Suburb
	Epuni Street
	Coordinates: 41°12′29″S 174°55′48″E / 41.208°S 174.930°E
Country	New Zealand
City	Lower Hutt
Local authority	Hutt City Council
Electoral ward	Central / Eastern
Area
• Land	199 ha (492 acres)
Population (June 2023)
• Total	6,770
Train stations	Epuni Station

	Boulcott	Naenae
Lower Hutt CBD	Epuni	Fairfield
Waterloo

Epuni is a suburb of Lower Hutt, situated in the Wellington region of New Zealand. The suburb lies around one kilometre east of the Lower Hutt CBD.

The suburb takes its name from the Te Āti Awa chief Honiana Te Puni.^[3]

In 2018 HNZ, which in October 2019 became part of Kaingaora Ora Homes and Communities,^[4] announced that it was to build 153 homes on long-vacant land in Epuni where earlier HNZ houses had been demolished.^[5]

^ Cite error: The named reference Area was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Population estimate tables - NZ.Stat". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
^ An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand - Te Puni, Honiana Retrieved: 9 January 2008
^ "Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities: A new approach to meeting key Government priorities :: Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities". kaingaora.govt.nz. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
^ "153 homes announced for long-vacant HNZ Epuni land". Stuff (Fairfax). 4 December 2018.

[Area-1] Cite error: The named reference Area was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[NZ_population_data_2023_SA2-2] "Population estimate tables - NZ.Stat". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 25 October 2023.

[3] An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand - Te Puni, Honiana Retrieved: 9 January 2008

[4] "Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities: A new approach to meeting key Government priorities :: Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities". kaingaora.govt.nz. Retrieved 21 September 2020.

[5] "153 homes announced for long-vacant HNZ Epuni land". Stuff (Fairfax). 4 December 2018.

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