Epuni

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

Epuni
Suburb
Epuni Street
Coordinates: 41.208°S 174.930°E / -41.208; 174.930
CountryNew Zealand
CityLower Hutt
Local authorityHutt City Council
Electoral wardCentral / Eastern
Area
  Land199 ha (492 acres)
Population
 (June 2023)
  Total6,770
Train stationsEpuni Station
Boulcott Naenae
Lower Hutt CBD
Epuni
Fairfield
Waterloo

The suburb takes its name from the Te Āti Awa chief Honiana Te Puni.

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

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