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 | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Local authority | Lower Hutt City |
| Population (2006 [1]) | |
| • Total | 3,090 |
| Train station(s) | Epuni Station |
| Boulcott | Naenae | |
| Lower Hutt CBD |
  Epuni  |
Fairfield |
| Waterloo |
The suburb takes its name from the Te Āti Awa chief Honiana Te Puni.[2]
In 2018 HNZ, which in October 2019 became part of Kaingaora Ora Homes and Communities,[3] announced that it was to build 153 homes on long-vacant land in Epuni where earlier HNZ houses had been demolished.[4]
Education
Dyer Street School is a co-educational state primary school for Year 1 to 6 students,[5][6] with a roll of 185 as of March 2020.[7]
References
- Hutt City Council - 2006 Hutt City Demographic Profile Archived December 27, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved: 7 January 2009
- Te Ara - The 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.
- "Dyer Street School Official School Website". dyerstreet.school.nz.
- "Dyer Street School Education Review Office Report". ero.govt.nz. Education Review Office.
- "Dyer Street School Ministry of Education School Profile". educationcounts.govt.nz. Ministry of Education.
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