# Tamahika, a bay of Christchurch

A named bay on the city’s coast.

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

## The ground under it

- [The February 2011 survey drew liquefaction over this point](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction), mapped ground failure, a footprint, not a finding
- [On scheduled Ngāi Tahu ground](https://www.chch.live/cultural), Te Ihutai (Avon-Heathcote Estaury)
- [On a plan-scheduled ecology site](https://www.chch.live/ecology), Avon Heathcote Estuary / Ihutai and environs
- [Inside a kept landscape, HNC34.0 - Area of at least High Natural Character in the Coastal Environment](https://www.chch.live/landscape), the landscape schedule
- [The rockfall survey counts 19 boulders within 500 m](https://www.chch.live/boulders), 18 came down
- [The nearest recorded shake: M3](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 24 February 2011 · ~400 m from the pin · 585 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.555483&lon=172.727858&radius=250

## Around it

- [Mccormacks Bay](https://www.chch.live/park/1151-mccormacks-bay), sports ground park · ~200 m
- [Redcliffs Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1468-redcliffs-park), sports ground park · ~400 m
- [Walk and bike track through Clifton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-171-clifton), track · ~300 m
- [Walk and bike track through Ferrymead](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-162-ferrymead), track · ~950 m
- [Walk and bike track through Woolston](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-535-woolston), track · ~950 m
- [Estuary of the Heathcote and Avon Rivers / Ihutai](https://www.chch.live/coast/estuary-of-the-heathcote-and-avon-rivers-ihutai), coastal spot · ~850 m
- [Moncks Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/moncks-bay), coastal spot · 1.6 km
- [Whitewash Head](https://www.chch.live/coast/whitewash-head), coastal spot · 4.1 km
- [Sumner Head](https://www.chch.live/coast/sumner-head), coastal spot · 4.2 km


## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Tamahika?**

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

**Where exactly is Tamahika?**

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