# Kaitara, an old site of Christchurch

A named archaeological site in the open map’s record, mapped as a fortification, lying in Port Levy.

Suburb: [Port Levy](https://www.chch.live/port-levy)

From the air, an aerial view of Kaitara: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=site-kaitara (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), Kaitara Pā
- [Inside a kept landscape, HNC6.0 - Area of at least High Natural Character in the Coastal Environment](https://www.chch.live/landscape), the landscape schedule
- [The plan zones this ground Open Space Natural](https://www.chch.live/zones), ON
- [The nearest recorded shake: M3.7](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 15 June 2011 · ~400 m from the pin · 130 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.621682&lon=172.826342&radius=250

## Around it

- [Puāri](https://www.chch.live/site/puari), site · 2.9 km
- [jetty](https://www.chch.live/site/jetty), site · 3.7 km
- [Old Godley head lighthouse structure?](https://www.chch.live/site/old-godley-head-lighthouse-structure), site · 4.2 km
- [Battery Observation Post III](https://www.chch.live/site/battery-observation-post-iii), site · 4.4 km


## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Kaitara?**

A named archaeological site in the open map’s record of Christchurch: mapped as a fortification, lying in [Port Levy](https://www.chch.live/port-levy).

**What stood here?**

The map’s own tags are all this page claims, a named place where something stood or lies buried. The heritage register nearby (linked where the record keeps one) and the library’s photograph collections carry the fuller story.

**Is the site open to visit?**

The map doesn’t say, an archaeological site may be private land, delicate ground or both. Treat the pin as where the record puts it, not an invitation.


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The position and the tags are OpenStreetMap’s, a named node or way tagged historic=ruins or historic=archaeological_site inside the city boundary (ODbL). A name is the mapper’s, a lead, not a register listing. An old site may be private land or delicate ground; the pin is not an invitation.
The page: https://www.chch.live/site/kaitara
The register proper: https://www.chch.live/history
The high places above them: https://www.chch.live/summit