# Ōtūherekio, a headland of Christchurch A named headland on the city’s coast, off Cass Bay. Suburb: [Cass Bay](https://www.chch.live/cass-bay) From the air, an aerial view of Ōtūherekio: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=coast-otuherekio (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, HNC2.0 - Area of at least High Natural Character in the Coastal Environment](https://www.chch.live/landscape), the landscape schedule - [The plan zones this ground Open Space Community Parks](https://www.chch.live/zones), OCP - [The rockfall survey counts 13 boulders within 500 m](https://www.chch.live/boulders), 1 came down · 5 wobble easy - [The nearest recorded shake: M3.8](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 8 March 2011 · ~800 m from the pin · 410 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.607692&lon=172.687771&radius=250 ## Around it - [Pony Point](https://www.chch.live/park/1718-pony-point), the regional park it’s inside - [Cass Bay Playground](https://www.chch.live/park/1696-cass-bay-playground), community park · ~250 m - [Motukauatirahi / Cass Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/motukauatirahi-cass-bay), coastal spot · ~400 m - [Rāpaki Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/rapaki-bay), coastal spot · ~550 m - [Motukauatiiti / Corsair Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/motukauatiiti-corsair-bay), coastal spot · ~950 m - [Magazine Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/magazine-bay), coastal spot · 1.2 km ## The reports nearby 21 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/7124354), [105 Governors Bay Rd, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8971, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/cass-bay/105-governors-bay-road) - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/7099102), [155 Governors Bay Road, Cass Bay, Te Rapaki-o-Te Rakiwhakaputa 8971, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/cass-bay/155-governors-bay-road) - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7023199), [156 Governors Bay Road, Te Rapaki-o-Te Rakiwhakaputa 8971, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/cass-bay/156-governors-bay-road) - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/6560642), [105 Governors Bay Rd, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8971, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/cass-bay/105-governors-bay-road) - [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/6087511), [156 Governors Bay Road, Te Rapaki-o-Te Rakiwhakaputa 8971, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/cass-bay/156-governors-bay-road) - [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/6086056), [155 Governors Bay Road, Cass Bay, Te Rapaki-o-Te Rakiwhakaputa 8971, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/cass-bay/155-governors-bay-road) - [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/5858706), [156 Governors Bay Road, Te Rapaki-o-Te Rakiwhakaputa 8971, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/cass-bay/156-governors-bay-road) - [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5820417), [156 Governors Bay Road, Te Rapaki-o-Te Rakiwhakaputa 8971, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/cass-bay/156-governors-bay-road) - [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/5710972), [156 Governors Bay Road, Te Rapaki-o-Te Rakiwhakaputa 8971, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/cass-bay/156-governors-bay-road) - [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/2521784), 9MVQ+5X Lyttelton, Canterbury, New Zealand - [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/2521766), [156 Governors Bay Road, Te Rapaki-o-Te Rakiwhakaputa 8971, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/cass-bay/156-governors-bay-road) - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/2508808), [105 Governors Bay Road, Canterbury 8971, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/cass-bay/105-governors-bay-road) ## Questions, answered briefly **What is Ōtūherekio?** A named headland on Christchurch’s coast, off [Cass Bay](https://www.chch.live/cass-bay), as the open map records it. **Where exactly is Ōtūherekio?** 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/otuherekio The whole coast as data: https://www.chch.live/coast.geojson The waterways inland: https://www.chch.live/river