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{{Short description|Settlement in Canterbury, New Zealand}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=December 2015}}
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| subdivision_type        = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name        = New Zealand
| subdivision_type1       = Region
| subdivision_name1       = [[Canterbury, New Zealand|Canterbury Region]]
| subdivision_type2       = District
| subdivision_name2       = [[Christchurch City Council|Christchurch City]]
| subdivision_type3       = Ward
| subdivision_name3       = Banks Peninsula
| subdivision_type4       = Community
| subdivision_name4       = Te Pātaka o Rākaihautū Banks Peninsula
| seat_type               = Electorates
| seat                    = {{ubl|[[Banks Peninsula (New Zealand electorate)|Banks Peninsula]]|[[Te Tai Tonga]] (Māori)}}
| leader_title            = Territorial Authority
| leader_name             = [[Christchurch City Council]]
| leader_title1           = Regional council
| leader_name1            = [[Environment Canterbury]]
| leader_title2           = [[Mayor of Christchurch]]
| leader_name2            = {{NZ officeholder data|Christchurch City Mayor|y}}
| leader_title3           = [[Banks Peninsula (New Zealand electorate)|Banks Peninsula MP]]
| leader_name3            = {{NZ officeholder data|Banks Peninsula MP|y}}
| leader_title4           = [[Te Tai Tonga|Te Tai Tonga MP]]
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| area_total_km2          = 0.21
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| population_as_of        = June 2022
| population_total        = 70
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'''Purau''' is a small town in [[Canterbury, New Zealand|Canterbury]], 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 people|Māori]] settlement. [[Kāti Māmoe|Ngāti Māmoe]] lived here prior to [[Ngāi Tahu]] settling the bay. There are many Māori burial sites in the area.<ref name="Christchurch City Libraries">{{cite web|title=Purau |url= http://christchurchcitylibraries.com/tikoukawhenua/purau/ |publisher=Christchurch City Libraries|accessdate=24 June 2012}}</ref>
The bay's first English name was "Acheron Bay", and this name persisted until the 1860s. The name derives from the British Admiralty survey ship [[HMS Acheron (1838)|HMSV Acheron]], which was anchored at Purau in early 1849 while its captain John Stokes and surveyor W.J.W. Hamilton conducted the first survey off the New Zealand coastline since [[James Cook|Cook's voyage]], exploring the Peninsula and nearby [[Canterbury Plains]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ogilvie |first=Gordon |url=https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q125954864 |title=Place Names of Banks Peninsula and the Port Hills |date= |publisher=Canterbury University Press |year=2017 |isbn=978-1-927145-93-7 |location=Christchurch |pages=15 |language=English}}</ref>
European occupation started in 1843, when the Greenwood brothers started a farm here. They sold to the Rhodes brothers in 1847 ([[William Barnard Rhodes|William Barnard]] and [[George Rhodes (farmer)|George]], with the latter taking over management of the station).<ref name="Rhodes Brothers">{{cite web|last=McLintock|first=A. H.|title=Rhodes Brothers |url= http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/1966/rhodes-brothers/1 |publisher=An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand|accessdate=24 June 2012|date=1966}}</ref><ref name="NZETC Purau">{{cite book |title= The Early Canterbury Runs: Containing the First, Second and Third (new) Series |year=1946 |url= http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-AclEarl-t1-body-d12-d4.html |publisher=Whitcombe and Tombs Limited |author=Leopold George Dyke Acland |accessdate= 22 June 2012 |location=Christchurch |chapter=Land Tax And Advances To Settlers' Department}}</ref> When [[Robert Heaton Rhodes]], another of the Rhodes brothers, came to New Zealand in 1850, he took over Purau.<ref name="DNZB Rhodes">{{DNZB|title=George Rhodes|first= Robert|last= Pinney|id=1r6|accessdate=23 April 2017}}</ref>
==Demographics==
Purau is described by Statistics New Zealand as a rural settlement, and covers {{Convert|0.21|km2|abbr=on}}.<ref name="Area">{{Cite web|title=ArcGIS Web Application|url=https://statsnz.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=6f49867abe464f86ac7526552fe19787|access-date=14 October 2021|website=statsnz.maps.arcgis.com}}</ref> It had an estimated population of 70 as of June 2022 with a population density of {{Decimals|70/0.21|0}} people per km<sup>2</sup>. It was part of the [[Eastern Bays-Banks Peninsula]] SA2 statistical area in 2018,<ref>{{NZ census place summary 2018|eastern-bays-banks-peninsula|Eastern Bays-Banks Peninsula}}</ref> and part of [[Diamond Harbour, New Zealand|Diamond Harbour]] in 2023.<ref>{{NZ census place summary 2018|diamond-harbour|Diamond Harbour}}</ref>
{{Historical populations|2006|63|2013|51|2018|69|percentages=pagr|align=left|source=<ref name="Census 2018"/>}}
Purau had a population of 69 at the [[2018 New Zealand census]], an increase of 18 people (35.3%) since the [[2013 New Zealand census|2013 census]], and an increase of 6 people (9.5%) since the [[2006 New Zealand census|2006 census]]. There were 33 households, comprising 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 people|Māori]], and 4.3% [[Pasifika New Zealanders|Pasifika]]. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.
Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 47.8% had no religion, 26.1% were [[Christianity in New Zealand|Christian]] and 4.3% had other religions.
Of those at least 15 years old, 18 (30.0%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 6 (10.0%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $32,500, compared with $31,800 nationally. 9 people (15.0%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% 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.<ref name="Census 2018">{{NZ census 2018|7026638}}</ref>
==Gallery==
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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
</gallery>
==References==
{{Commons}}
{{Reflist}}
{{Banks Peninsula}}
[[Category:Banks Peninsula]]
[[Category:Populated places in the Canterbury Region]]