Puketapu may refer to:

People

Īhāia Puketapu (1887–1971), Te Āti Awa leader Jean Puketapu (1931–2012), Māori language activist Kara Puketapu (1934–2023), public servant and Te Āti Awa leader Priyani Puketapu (born 1990), beauty queen Erenora Puketapu-Hetet (1941–2006), weaver

Places Puketapu, Hawke's Bay Puketapu (Otago), a hill above Palmerston