# Te Moenga-o-Wheke/The Tors, a rock of Christchurch A named rock in Christchurch, at Heathcote Valley. Suburb: [Heathcote Valley](https://www.chch.live/heathcote-valley) From the air, an aerial view of Te Moenga-o-Wheke/The Tors: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=rock-te-moenga-o-wheke-the-tors (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 - [Inside a kept landscape, ONL2.0 - Outstanding Natural Landscape](https://www.chch.live/landscape), the landscape schedule - [The plan zones this ground Open Space Natural](https://www.chch.live/zones), ON - [The rockfall survey counts 144 boulders within 500 m](https://www.chch.live/boulders), 56 came down · 24 wobble easy - [The nearest recorded shake: M3](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 7 December 2011 · ~250 m from the pin · 531 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.592041&lon=172.69524&radius=250 ## Around it - [Tors Scenic Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1227-tors-scenic-reserve), the regional park it’s inside - [Castle Rock Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/951-castle-rock-reserve), regional park · ~250 m - [Walk and bike track through Heathcote Valley](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-154-heathcote-valley), track · ~350 m - [Walk and bike track through Lyttelton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-168-lyttelton), track · 1.1 km - [Walk and bike track through Hillsborough](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-103-hillsborough), track · 1.1 km - [Castle Rock](https://www.chch.live/rock/castle-rock), rock · ~500 m - [Te Tihi-o-Kahukura/Castle Rock](https://www.chch.live/rock/te-tihi-o-kahukura-castle-rock), rock · ~600 m - [Te Ahi-a-Tamatea](https://www.chch.live/rock/te-ahi-a-tamatea), rock · 1.6 km - [Cattle Stop crag](https://www.chch.live/rock/cattle-stop-crag), rock · 2.3 km ## The reports nearby 1 report pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/4526608), [935-1027 Summit Road, Canterbury 8022, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/heathcote-valley/935-1027-summit-road) ## Questions, answered briefly **What is Te Moenga-o-Wheke/The Tors?** A named rock in Christchurch, at [Heathcote Valley](https://www.chch.live/heathcote-valley), as the open map records it. **Where exactly is Te Moenga-o-Wheke/The Tors?** The pin is OpenStreetMap’s own position for the rock, the formation’s own ground, or its centreline’s middle. Neighbours on the register are near it, not the same record. --- 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-moenga-o-wheke-the-tors 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