# Moa, a statue of Christchurch

A statue on the city’s public ground, standing in Akaroa.

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

From the air, an aerial view of Moa: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=memorial-moa (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), Whakaroa (Akaroa)
- [Inside a kept landscape, HNC18.0 - Area of at least High 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](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 12 July 2011 · 2.2 km from the pin · 1 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.799158&lon=172.949376&radius=250

## Around it

- [Sheep](https://www.chch.live/memorial/sheep), monument · ~450 m
- [Penguins](https://www.chch.live/memorial/penguins), monument · 1.3 km
- [Turkey](https://www.chch.live/memorial/turkey), monument · 1.3 km
- [Pig](https://www.chch.live/memorial/pig), monument · 1.3 km


## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Moa?**

A statue in the open map’s record of Christchurch, standing in [Akaroa](https://www.chch.live/akaroa).

**Where does Moa stand?**

In Akaroa, the pin is the map’s own position. The register keeps no listed place within 300m of it.

**Is the pin on the map exact?**

It’s OpenStreetMap’s position, a surveyed-looking point, but a volunteer map’s one. Nearby ground and register places are neighbours, not the same record.


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The position and the tags are OpenStreetMap’s, a named node or way tagged memorial or artwork inside the city boundary (ODbL). Maker, material and date fields are the mapper’s own, kept verbatim; a listing is a lead, not a catalogue record.
The page: https://www.chch.live/memorial/moa
Every monument as data: https://www.chch.live/memorials.geojson
The quiet ground: https://www.chch.live/cemetery