Epuni
Suburb of Lower Hutt, New Zealand / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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Epuni | |
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Coordinates: 41.208°S 174.930°E / -41.208; 174.930 | |
Country | New Zealand |
City | Lower Hutt |
Local authority | Hutt City Council |
Electoral ward | Central / Eastern |
Area | |
• Land | 199 ha (492 acres) |
Population (June 2023)[2] | |
• Total | 6,770 |
Train stations | Epuni Station |
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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]