# Awaroa / Godley Head, a headland of Christchurch A named headland on the city’s coast, off Sumner. Also recorded as “Awaroa”. Suburb: [Sumner](https://www.chch.live/sumner) From the air, an aerial view of Awaroa / Godley Head: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=coast-awaroa-godley-head (LINZ / ECan aerial survey, CC BY 4.0). ## The ground under it - [Under the hill country’s watch band](https://www.chch.live/slope), the plan’s broad instability overlay - [Inside a listed place’s setting](https://www.chch.live/heritage), Godley Head - [Inside a kept landscape, NCCE1.0 - Natural Character in the Coastal Environment](https://www.chch.live/landscape), the landscape schedule - [The plan zones this ground Open Space Natural](https://www.chch.live/zones), ON - [The nearest recorded shake: M3.3](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 27 October 2017 · ~200 m from the pin · 255 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.587304&lon=172.805532&radius=250 ## Around it - [Walk and bike track through Sumner](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-190-sumner), track · under 150 m - [Mechanics Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/mechanics-bay), coastal spot · ~900 m - [Black Rock Point](https://www.chch.live/coast/black-rock-point), coastal spot · 1.7 km - [Breeze Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/breeze-bay), coastal spot · 2.0 km - [Giants Nose](https://www.chch.live/coast/giants-nose), coastal spot · 2.3 km ## The reports nearby 17 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8733255), [2 Godley Head Road, Sumner, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/sumner/2-godley-head-road) - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8733234), CR74+5Q, Sumner, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8733217), CR74+5Q, Sumner, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand - [Animal - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8207170), Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7539582), CR74+5Q, Sumner, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7449406), Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand - [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/5620260), CR74+5Q, Sumner, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/4860546), Godley Head Loop Trail, Canterbury 8081, New Zealand - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/3705752), CR74+5Q, Sumner, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/3023129), CR74+5Q, Sumner, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand - [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/2276079), Godley Head Road, Canterbury 8081, New Zealand - [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/2262708), Godley Head Road, Canterbury 8081, New Zealand ## Questions, answered briefly **What is Awaroa / Godley Head?** A named headland on Christchurch’s coast, off [Sumner](https://www.chch.live/sumner), as the open map records it. **What else is Awaroa / Godley Head called?** The map also records “Awaroa”, the page answers to all of them. **Where exactly is Awaroa / Godley Head?** The pin is OpenStreetMap’s own position for the headland, a bay’s pin sits on the water it names, a headland’s on the point. Neighbours on the register are near it, not the same record. --- The position and the names are OpenStreetMap’s, a named bay or cape inside the city boundary (ODbL). A bay’s pin sits on the water it names; the dual names are recorded as the map carries them. The page: https://www.chch.live/coast/awaroa-godley-head The whole coast as data: https://www.chch.live/coast.geojson The waterways inland: https://www.chch.live/river