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Purau is a small settlement in Canterbury, New Zealand, facing Lyttelton Harbour.
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Map of Purau 8972, New Zealand
Geography
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.
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). When Robert Heaton Rhodes, another of the Rhodes brothers, came to New Zealand in 1850, he took over Purau.
References
Purau Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA