# Ōpukutahi, a headland of Christchurch

A named headland on the city’s coast, off Wainui.

Suburb: [Wainui](https://www.chch.live/wainui)

From the air, an aerial view of Ōpukutahi: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=coast-opukutahi (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), Whakaroa (Akaroa)
- [Inside a kept landscape, HNC22.0 - Area of at least High Natural Character in the Coastal Environment](https://www.chch.live/landscape), the landscape schedule
- [The plan zones this ground Papakainga Kainga Nohoanga](https://www.chch.live/zones), PA
- [The nearest recorded shake: M3](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 8 September 2010 · 3.7 km from the pin · 2 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.809032&lon=172.918775&radius=250

## Around it

- [Te Monene](https://www.chch.live/coast/te-monene), coastal spot · ~350 m
- [Ohae](https://www.chch.live/coast/ohae), coastal spot · ~750 m
- [Otutereinga](https://www.chch.live/coast/otutereinga), coastal spot · ~850 m
- [Tikao Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/tikao-bay), coastal spot · 1.3 km


## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Ōpukutahi?**

A named headland on Christchurch’s coast, off [Wainui](https://www.chch.live/wainui), as the open map records it.

**Where exactly is Ōpukutahi?**

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