Purau is a small town in
Canterbury
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, New Zealand, facing
Lyttelton Harbour.
Geography
Purau is located on
Banks Peninsula, one of the southern bays forming Lyttelton Harbour.
History
Purau has a long history of
Māori
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settlement.
Ngāti Māmoe lived here prior to
Ngāi Tahu
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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
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, with the latter taking over management of the station).
When
Robert Heaton Rhodes
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, another of the Rhodes brothers, came to New Zealand in 1850, he took over Purau.
Demographics
Purau is described by Statistics New Zealand as a rural settlement, and covers .
It is part of the
Eastern Bays-Banks Peninsula SA2 statistical area.
Purau had a population of 69 at the
2018 New Zealand census
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, an increase of 18 people (35.3%) since the
2013 census, and an increase of 6 people (9.5%) since the
2006 census
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. There were 33 households. There were 33 males and 33 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.0 males per female. The median age was 52.5 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 9 people (13.0%) aged under 15 years, 6 (8.7%) aged 15 to 29, 39 (56.5%) aged 30 to 64, and 15 (21.7%) aged 65 or older.
Ethnicities were 95.7% European/Pākehā, 13.0% Māori, and 4.3% Pacific peoples (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities).
Although some people objected to giving their religion, 47.8% had no religion, 26.1% were Christian and 4.3% had other religions.
Of those at least 15 years old, 18 (30.0%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 6 (10.0%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $32,500, compared with $31,800 nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 27 (45.0%) people were employed full-time, 12 (20.0%) were part-time, and 3 (5.0%) were unemployed.
Gallery
File:Panoramic of Purau Bay, Canterbury 20100119.jpg, Panorama of Purau Bay
File:A house in Purau, Canterbury, New Zealand 13.jpg, A house in Purau
File:Purau beach, Canterbury, New Zealand 12.jpg, Beach
File:Bridge across Purau Stream, Purau, Canterbury, New Zealand.jpg, Bridge across Purau Stream
References
{{Banks Peninsula
Banks Peninsula
Populated places in Canterbury, New Zealand