# Te Ahi-a-Tamatea, a cliff of Christchurch

A named cliff in Christchurch. Also recorded as “Te Whakatakanga o te Karehu a Tamatea”.

From the air, an aerial view of Te Ahi-a-Tamatea: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=rock-te-ahi-a-tamatea (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), Whakaraupō (Lyttelton Harbour) - Rāpaki
- [Inside a kept landscape, ONL38.2 - Outstanding Natural Landscape](https://www.chch.live/landscape), the landscape schedule
- [The plan zones this ground Rural Port Hills](https://www.chch.live/zones), RuPH
- [The rockfall survey counts 91 boulders within 500 m](https://www.chch.live/boulders), 26 came down · 11 wobble easy
- [The nearest recorded shake: M3.3](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 27 December 2011 · ~250 m from the pin · 582 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.594189&lon=172.676092&radius=250

## Around it

- [Witch Hill](https://www.chch.live/park/954-witch-hill), regional park · under 150 m
- [Rapaki Track](https://www.chch.live/park/1508-rapaki-track), regional park · ~150 m
- [Walk and bike track through Hillsborough](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-80-hillsborough), track · under 150 m
- [Walk and bike track through Cashmere](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-586-cashmere), track · ~800 m
- [Tamatea Crag](https://www.chch.live/rock/tamatea-crag), rock · 1.3 km
- [Te Moenga-o-Wheke/The Tors](https://www.chch.live/rock/te-moenga-o-wheke-the-tors), rock · 1.6 km
- [Castle Rock](https://www.chch.live/rock/castle-rock), rock · 1.9 km
- [Te Tihi-o-Kahukura/Castle Rock](https://www.chch.live/rock/te-tihi-o-kahukura-castle-rock), rock · 2.0 km


## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Te Ahi-a-Tamatea?**

A named cliff in Christchurch, as the open map records it.

**What else is Te Ahi-a-Tamatea called?**

The map also records “Te Whakatakanga o te Karehu a Tamatea”, the page answers to all of them.

**Where exactly is Te Ahi-a-Tamatea?**

The pin is OpenStreetMap’s own position for the cliff, the formation’s own ground, or its centreline’s middle. 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 cliff, rock, reef or quarry inside the city boundary (ODbL). A pin is the mapper’s position for the feature; the dual names and the crag names are recorded as the map carries them.
The page: https://www.chch.live/rock/te-ahi-a-tamatea
The whole roll as data: https://www.chch.live/rock.geojson
The high places: https://www.chch.live/summit
The old sites: https://www.chch.live/site