Purau (Lyttelton Harbour) by Elizabeth Ogilvie. VERY SCARCE.
Purau (Lyttelton Harbour) by Elizabeth Ogilvie.
VERY SCARCE.
Publisher: Author Pub, 1970, First Edition.
Hardback with jacket, slight bumping to spine ends, corners, edges, heavily annotated and has Henderson/ Gardiner family photos stuck in, tape marks to some pages.
Jacket is worn and torn with rubbing, marks, and chipping.
97 pages with photos.
Prior to Te Rauparaha's raids there were many settlements around the shores of Whakaraupo (Lyttelton Harbour). Purau Bay is one of the oldest Maori sites of settlement on Horomaka. Moa hunting ancestors probably lived here as is evidenced by the remains of moa ovens. Ngati Mamoe lived at Purau more recently and had their fortified pa site on the dominant peak Te Ahu Patiki (Mt Herbert) which stands at the top of the valley over looking the harbour. In later years after Ngai Tahu took over, the pa site moved to the Western side of the bay where it was occupied by Ngai Tuahuriri and Te Rakiwhakaputa hapu.
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