The
Lower Hutt suburb of
Epuni is named after Te Puni; it is an erroneous form of the chief's name recorded by early Wellington settlers. Te Puni Street in Petone is named after his whanau (family), and an
Oamaru stone memorial was erected in 1872 in his memory in the Te Puni ūrūpa (cemetery) two years after his death, designed by Colonial Architect William Clayton. In 1940 Deputy Prime Minister
Walter Nash laid a wreath at the memorial as part of commemorations of Wellington's centennial. Te Puni is depicted on a large glass window on the
Wellington Provincial Centennial Memorial welcoming British settlers to the harbour. ==References==