# Moepuku Point, a headland of Christchurch

A named headland on the city’s coast. Also recorded as “Moepuku”.

Māori name: Moepuku

From the air, an aerial view of Moepuku Point: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=coast-moepuku-point (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
- [On scheduled Ngāi Tahu ground](https://www.chch.live/cultural), Whakaraupō
- [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 Rural Banks Peninsula](https://www.chch.live/zones), RuBP
- [The nearest recorded shake: M3.1](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 18 October 2011 · 1.5 km from the pin · 48 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.637497&lon=172.684576&radius=250

## Around it

- [Te Wharau / Charteris Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/te-wharau-charteris-bay), coastal spot · 1.4 km
- [Head of the Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/head-of-the-bay), coastal spot · 1.8 km
- [Hays Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/hays-bay), coastal spot · 2.2 km
- [Lyttelton Harbour / Whakaraupō](https://www.chch.live/coast/lyttelton-harbour-whakaraupo), coastal spot · 2.3 km


## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Moepuku Point?**

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

**What else is Moepuku Point called?**

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

**Where exactly is Moepuku Point?**

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.


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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/moepuku-point
The whole coast as data: https://www.chch.live/coast.geojson
The waterways inland: https://www.chch.live/river