27 Jan 2025

Sacred urupa in Canterbury to be handed back to local iwi

From Checkpoint, 5:24 pm on 27 January 2025

After more than a century of talks between council and hapu, a sacred urupa in Canterbury Banks Peninsula will be handed back to local iwi. This afternoon, community leaders voted unanimously to revoke the reserve status of the Purau site - and return it to Te Hapū o Ngāti Wheke. Christchurch reporter Adam Burns has more. 

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