Purau
Purau is a small town in Canterbury, New Zealand, facing Lyttelton Harbour.
History
Purau has a long history of Māori settlement. Ngāti Māmoe 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]
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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:
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(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 23 April 2017.
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