Linda Te Puni is a diplomat from New Zealand of Māori heritage.
She served as the High Commissioner to the Cook Islands from 2010 until 2011 and Tuvalu beginning in 2016.
[2] Te Puni joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1987.
[3] She has served in Honiara, Samoa, Ottawa, Mexico, Paris, Suva and Wellington.
[2] In 2010, Te Puni moved to Rarotonga as the first woman New Zealand high commissioner to the Cook Islands.