Purau

Purau is a small settlement in Canterbury, New Zealand, facing Lyttelton Harbour.

Geography

Panorama of Purau Bay

Purau is located on Banks Peninsula, one of the southern bays forming Lyttelton Harbour.

History

Purau has a long history of Māori settlement. Ngāti Mamoe lived here prior to Ngāi Tahu settling the bay. There are many Māori burial sites in the area.^[1]

European occupation started in 1843, when the Greenwood brothers started a farm here. They sold to the Rhodes brothers in 1847 (William Barnard and George, with the latter taking over management of the station).^[2]^[3] When Robert Heaton Rhodes, another of the Rhodes brothers, came to New Zealand in 1850, he took over Purau.^[4]

References

↑ "Purau". Christchurch City Libraries. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
↑ McLintock, A. H. (originally published in 1966, updated 15 November 2011). "Rhodes Brothers". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 24 June 2012. Check date values in: |date= (help)
↑ Leopold George Dyke Acland (1946). "Land Tax And Advances To Settlers' Department". The Early Canterbury Runs: Containing the First, Second and Third (new) Series. Christchurch: Whitcombe and Tombs Limited. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
↑ Pinney, Robert. "George Rhodes". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved December 2011.

Settlements of Banks Peninsula and the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand

Settlements	Allandale Akaroa Ataahua Barrys Bay Birdling's Flat Cass Bay Charteris Bay Chorlton Church Bay Cooptown Corsair Bay Diamond Harbour Duvauchelle French Farm Gebbies Pass Gebbies Valley Governors Bay Hilltop Kaituna Valley Kukupa Lansdowne Le Bons Bay Little Akaloa Little River Lyttelton Motukarara Ohinetahi Okains Bay Okuti Valley Onuku Otanerito Bay Peraki Pigeon Bay Port Levy Puaha Puari Purau Rapaki Robinsons Bay Tai Tapu Takamatua Teddington Wainui

Port Hills suburbs	Cashmere Clifton Cracroft Ferrymead Halswell Heathcote Valley Hillsborough Hoon Hay Huntsbury Kennedys Bush Moncks Bay Mt Pleasant Murray Aynsley Hill Redcliffs Richmond Hill Scarborough St Andrews Hill Sumner Te Onepoto / Taylors Mistake Westmorland

Coordinates: 43°38′30.44″S 172°45′8.23″E / 43.6417889°S 172.7522861°E / -43.6417889; 172.7522861

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