# Te Ruahine Point, a headland of Christchurch

A named headland on the city’s coast, off Akaroa. Also recorded as “Te Ruahine”.

Māori name: Te Ruahine

Suburb: [Akaroa](https://www.chch.live/akaroa)

From the air, an aerial view of Te Ruahine Point: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=coast-te-ruahine-point (LINZ / ECan aerial survey, CC BY 4.0).

## The ground under it

- [On scheduled Ngāi Tahu ground](https://www.chch.live/cultural), Whakaroa (Akaroa)
- [On a plan-scheduled ecology site](https://www.chch.live/ecology), identified in the schedule
- [The nearest recorded shake: M4.2](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 22 February 2011 · 1.3 km from the pin · 1 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.887912&lon=172.968845&radius=250

## Around it

- [Akaroa Head](https://www.chch.live/coast/akaroa-head), coastal spot · ~850 m
- [Gateway Point](https://www.chch.live/coast/gateway-point), coastal spot · 1.2 km
- [Dan Rogers Bluff](https://www.chch.live/coast/dan-rogers-bluff), coastal spot · 1.6 km
- [Timutimu Head](https://www.chch.live/coast/timutimu-head), coastal spot · 1.9 km


## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Te Ruahine Point?**

A named headland on Christchurch’s coast, off [Akaroa](https://www.chch.live/akaroa), as the open map records it.

**What else is Te Ruahine Point called?**

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

**Where exactly is Te Ruahine 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/te-ruahine-point
The whole coast as data: https://www.chch.live/coast.geojson
The waterways inland: https://www.chch.live/river