# Takapūneke / Red House Bay, a bay of Christchurch A named bay on the city’s coast, off Akaroa. Also recorded as “Takapūneke”. Suburb: [Akaroa](https://www.chch.live/akaroa) From the air, an aerial view of Takapūneke / Red House Bay: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=coast-takapuneke-red-house-bay (LINZ / ECan aerial survey, CC BY 4.0). ## The ground under it - [On scheduled Ngāi Tahu ground](https://www.chch.live/cultural), Takapūneke - [The nearest recorded shake: M3](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 12 July 2011 · 4.2 km from the pin · 1 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.816831&lon=172.947733&radius=250 ## Around it - [Green Point Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1693-green-point-park), community park · under 150 m - [Beach Road Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1506-beach-road-park), community park · under 150 m - [Green Point](https://www.chch.live/coast/green-point), coastal spot · ~150 m - [Glen Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/glen-bay), coastal spot · ~500 m - [Akaroa Harbour](https://www.chch.live/coast/akaroa-harbour), coastal spot · 1.5 km - [French Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/french-bay), coastal spot · 1.7 km ## The reports nearby 27 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8486370), 297–301 Beach Rd, Canterbury, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand - [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7884358), Beach Road (Beyond The Lighthouse), Akaroa Canterbury New Zealand - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/7198254), 297–301 Beach Rd, Canterbury, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand - [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/6734175), [273 Beach Road, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/273-beach-road) - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/6381379), [273 Beach Rd, Canterbury, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/273-beach-road) - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/6212280), [273 Beach Rd, Canterbury, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/273-beach-road) - [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/4979100), [301 Beach Road, Banks Peninsula, Akaroa 7581, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/301-beach-road) - [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/4480911), [273 Beach Road, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/273-beach-road) - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/4116370), [261 Beach Road, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/261-beach-road) - [Sewer General](https://www.chch.live/report/4111482), [283 Beach Road, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/283-beach-road) - [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/3904243), [273 Beach Road, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/273-beach-road) - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/3807583), [16 Stanley Place, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/16-stanley-place) ## Questions, answered briefly **What is Takapūneke / Red House Bay?** A named bay on Christchurch’s coast, off [Akaroa](https://www.chch.live/akaroa), as the open map records it. **What else is Takapūneke / Red House Bay called?** The map also records “Takapūneke”, the page answers to all of them. **Where exactly is Takapūneke / Red House 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. --- 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/takapuneke-red-house-bay The whole coast as data: https://www.chch.live/coast.geojson The waterways inland: https://www.chch.live/river