White House Te Puna

restaurant — Te Puna · Te Puna

About White House Te Puna

A restaurant in Te Puna Village at 15E Minden Road, on the hill behind Farmlands and opposite Te Puna Vets, in the Western Bay of Plenty. The owners, Jo and Penny, have been in hospitality for 34 years. The menu is built on fresh local food, meat and seafood, with Brazilian, French and Italian influences, and offers light sharing plates, pizzas, main meals and desserts. A vegan menu and a children's menu are available on request. The restaurant is open Tuesday to Saturday from noon, with dinner from 5:30 pm. Corporate dinners, lunches, team events and group bookings are catered for, and there are rum and gin spirits, wines from Hawke's Bay, Central Otago and Clare Valley, and cider. The website says the restaurant closed for a winter break from 13 June 2026, with plans to reopen in spring.