Puketapu is a
Māori language word meaning ''sacred hill'', and may refer to:
People
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Erenora Puketapu-Hetet (1941–2006), weaver
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Ihaia Puketapu (1887–1971), Te Āti Awa leader
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Ihakara Puketapu, Te Āti Awa leader (son of Ihaia Porutu Puketapu)
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Jean Puketapu
Jean Gloria Edith Puketapu or Jean Puketapu-Waiwai (26 July 1931 – 31 July 2012) was a Ngāi Tūhoe Māori language native speaker and co-founder of the first kōhanga reo.
Puketapu was one of thirteen children of Haami and Te Ngaroahiahi Waiw ...
(1931–2012), Māori language activist
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Priyani Puketapu
Priyani Puketapu (born 27 December 1990) is a New Zealand journalist, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe New Zealand 2011, representing Wellington. There was subsequently controversy, with claims that some of the ...
(born 1990), beauty queen
Places
*A prominent hill above
Palmerston, New Zealand
The town of Palmerston, in New Zealand's South Island, lies 50 kilometres to the north of the city of Dunedin. It is the largest town in the Waihemo Ward of the Waitaki District, with a population of 890 residents. Palmerston grew at a major roa ...
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Puketapu, Hawke's Bay, a rural community in the Hastings District
Schools
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Puketapu School in New Plymouth
* Puketapu School in Hawkes Bay
Other
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Puketapu Radio based in Palmerston, New Zealand
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