# Purau Bay, a bay of Christchurch

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

Māori name: Purau

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

## The ground under it

- [On scheduled Ngāi Tahu ground](https://www.chch.live/cultural), Purau
- [The rockfall survey counts 3 boulders within 500 m](https://www.chch.live/boulders), 0 came down · 1 wobbles easy
- [The nearest recorded shake: M4.1](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 8 February 2012 · ~650 m from the pin · 126 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.630533&lon=172.749089&radius=250

## Around it

- [Stoddart Point Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1274-stoddart-point-reserve), community park · ~400 m
- [Rawhiti Street Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1110-rawhiti-street-reserve), community park · ~500 m
- [Diamond Harbour](https://www.chch.live/coast/diamond-harbour), coastal spot · 1.1 km
- [Stoddart Point](https://www.chch.live/coast/stoddart-point), coastal spot · 1.3 km
- [Inainatū / Pile Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/inainatu-pile-bay), coastal spot · 1.6 km
- [Te Waipapa / Diamond Harbour](https://www.chch.live/coast/te-waipapa-diamond-harbour), coastal spot · 1.6 km


## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Purau Bay?**

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

**What else is Purau Bay called?**

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

**Where exactly is Purau 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/purau-bay
The whole coast as data: https://www.chch.live/coast.geojson
The waterways inland: https://www.chch.live/river