Ripapa Island in Lyttelton Harbour was closed since the 2011 Christchurch earthquake. Ripapa Island has been a Māori pā, a prison, a quarantine station and a fort at different stages in its varied history. JOSEPH JOHNSON/STUFF Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage talks with Lyttelton Primary School pupils outside Jervois Fort on Ripapa Island. JOSEPH JOHNSON/STUFF Lyttelton Primary School pupils Phoebe Kovacs, 10, and Nydia Garing, 10, on a 13-tonne barrel of an eight inch disappearing gun on Ripapa Island. JOSEPH JOHNSON/STUFF Ngāti Wheke spokeswoman Yvette Couch-Lewis shares stories from the history of Ripapa with Lyttelton Primary School students.

Source: Stuff November 27, 2019 06:33 UTC