# Pukeiti Point, a headland of Christchurch

A named headland on the city’s coast, off Port Levy. Also recorded as “Pukeiti”.

Māori name: Pukeiti

Suburb: [Port Levy](https://www.chch.live/port-levy)

From the air, an aerial view of Pukeiti Point: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=coast-pukeiti-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), Koukourārata / Te Ara Whānui o Makawhiua
- [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: M3.2](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 13 June 2011 · ~400 m from the pin · 102 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.635861&lon=172.834914&radius=250

## Around it

- [Port Levy (Potiriwi) / Koukourarata](https://www.chch.live/coast/port-levy-potiriwi-koukourarata), coastal spot · ~450 m
- [Waitata / Little Port Cooper](https://www.chch.live/coast/waitata-little-port-cooper), coastal spot · 3.3 km
- [Te Piaka / Adderley Head](https://www.chch.live/coast/te-piaka-adderley-head), coastal spot · 3.5 km
- [Baleine Point](https://www.chch.live/coast/baleine-point), coastal spot · 3.8 km


## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Pukeiti Point?**

A named headland on Christchurch’s coast, off [Port Levy](https://www.chch.live/port-levy), as the open map records it.

**What else is Pukeiti Point called?**

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

**Where exactly is Pukeiti 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/pukeiti-point
The whole coast as data: https://www.chch.live/coast.geojson
The waterways inland: https://www.chch.live/river