# Ōhinetahi, an old site of Christchurch A named archaeological site in the open map’s record, mapped as a fortification, lying in Governors Bay. Suburb: [Governors Bay](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay) From the air, an aerial view of Ōhinetahi: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=site-ohinetahi (LINZ / ECan aerial survey, CC BY 4.0). ## On the register nearby Listed places within about 300m, the register may hold this very site under its listed name, or a neighbour of it. - [Former Governors Bay School and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/324), 112 Main Road · List 5434 - [Former Governors Bay School Master's House and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/325), 112 Main Road · List 5435 ## 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), Te Pā Whakataka - [The plan zones this ground Residential Small Settlement](https://www.chch.live/zones), RSS - [The rockfall survey counts 6 boulders within 500 m](https://www.chch.live/boulders), 0 came down - [The nearest recorded shake: M3.2](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 7 October 2010 · ~750 m from the pin · 218 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.629525&lon=172.650367&radius=250 ## Around it - [Cholmondeley Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/978-cholmondeley-reserve), community park · ~250 m - [Governors Bay Jetty](https://www.chch.live/park/934-governors-bay-jetty), community park · ~550 m - [Te Whakataka](https://www.chch.live/site/te-whakataka), site · under 150 m - [Erskine Point Battery (Historic)](https://www.chch.live/site/erskine-point-battery-historic), site · 4.8 km - [Site of the Signalman's Hut](https://www.chch.live/site/site-of-the-signalmans-hut), site · 6.6 km - [Timeball-Keepers Foundations](https://www.chch.live/site/timeball-keepers-foundations), site · 6.7 km ## The reports nearby 26 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Damaged Street Light](https://www.chch.live/report/8400629), [118 Main Road, Allandale 8971, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/118-main-road) - [Damaged Street Light](https://www.chch.live/report/8303901), [169 Main Rd, Canterbury, Governors Bay 8971, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/169-main-road) - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7724415), [157 Main Road, Governors Bay, Allandale 8971, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/157-main-road) - [Sewer General](https://www.chch.live/report/6866418), [132 Main Rd, Canterbury, Governors Bay 8971, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/132-main-road) - [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/6539267), [159 Main Rd, Canterbury, Governors Bay 8971, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/159-main-road) - [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/6480816), Foreshore Track, Canterbury, Governors Bay, New Zealand - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/6322736), [145 Main Rd, Canterbury, Governors Bay 8971, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/145-main-road) - [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/5111165), [157 Main Road, Allandale 8971, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/157-main-road) - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/4412043), [165 Main Road, Allandale 8971, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/165-main-road) - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/3511100), [171 Main Road, Allandale 8971, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/171-main-road) - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/2888553), [175 Main Road, Allandale 8971, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/175-main-road) - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/2875089), [171 Main Road, Allandale 8971, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/171-main-road) ## Questions, answered briefly **What is Ōhinetahi?** A named archaeological site in the open map’s record of Christchurch: mapped as a fortification, lying in [Governors Bay](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay). **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. **What’s on the register near Ōhinetahi?** 2 listed places within 300m, each opens its own record from this page. **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. --- 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/ohinetahi The register proper: https://www.chch.live/history The high places above them: https://www.chch.live/summit