# Kaioruru / Church Bay, a bay of Christchurch

A named bay on the city’s coast. Also recorded as “Kaioruru”.

From the air, an aerial view of Kaioruru / Church Bay: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=coast-kaioruru-church-bay (LINZ / ECan aerial survey, CC BY 4.0).

## The ground under it

- [On scheduled Ngāi Tahu ground](https://www.chch.live/cultural), Whakaraupō
- [The rockfall survey counts 3 boulders within 500 m](https://www.chch.live/boulders), 0 came down · 1 wobbles easy
- [The nearest recorded shake: M3.4](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 12 July 2011 · ~900 m from the pin · 100 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.631652&lon=172.716988&radius=250

## Around it

- [Church Bay Foreshore](https://www.chch.live/park/1078-church-bay-foreshore), community park · ~200 m
- [Black Point Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1327-black-point-reserve), community park · ~200 m
- [Lyttelton Harbour / Whakaraupō](https://www.chch.live/coast/lyttelton-harbour-whakaraupo), coastal spot · ~600 m
- [Hays Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/hays-bay), coastal spot · ~650 m
- [Pauaohinekotau Head](https://www.chch.live/coast/pauaohinekotau-head), coastal spot · ~800 m
- [Te Waipapa / Diamond Harbour](https://www.chch.live/coast/te-waipapa-diamond-harbour), coastal spot · 1.4 km


## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Kaioruru / Church Bay?**

A named bay on Christchurch’s coast, as the open map records it.

**What else is Kaioruru / Church Bay called?**

The map also records “Kaioruru”, the page answers to all of them.

**Where exactly is Kaioruru / Church Bay?**

The pin is OpenStreetMap’s own position for the bay, 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.


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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/kaioruru-church-bay
The whole coast as data: https://www.chch.live/coast.geojson
The waterways inland: https://www.chch.live/river