Honiana Te Puni-kokopu

Illustration of Honiana Te Puni-kokopu, c. 1839

Honiana Te Puni-kokopu (?– 5 December 1870)[1] was a notable New Zealand tribal leader and government adviser. Of Māori descent, he identified with the Te Ati Awa iwi. He was born in Taranaki, New Zealand.[2]

On 27 September 1839, Te Puni-kokopu signed a deed of settlement with the New Zealand Company that saw the purchase of much of the Wellington region by British settlers. He also signed the Treaty of Waitangi in Wellington on 29 April 1840.[3]

The Lower Hutt suburb of Epuni is named after him.

References

  1. ↑ "Honiana Te Puni NZ Wars memorial". Research and Publishing Group of the Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  2. ↑ Ballara, Angela. "Honiana Te Puni-kokopu". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved December 2011.
  3. ↑ "Honiana Te Puni". Wellington City Libraries. Retrieved 24 April 2016.


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