# Oruaka Pā, an old site of Christchurch

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

Suburb: [Little River](https://www.chch.live/little-river)

From the air, an aerial view of Oruaka Pā: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=site-oruaka-pa (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), Ōruaka Pā
- [Inside a kept landscape, HNC31.1 - 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: M3.2](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 7 October 2010 · 10.4 km from the pin
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.822853&lon=172.711989&radius=250

## Around it

- [Birdlings Flat Esplanade Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1509-birdlings-flat-esplanade-reserve), community park · ~250 m
- [Wairewa Esplanade Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1635-wairewa-esplanade-reserve), community park · ~250 m
- [Te Mata Hāpuka](https://www.chch.live/site/te-mata-hapuka), site · ~350 m
- [Ōpukutahi](https://www.chch.live/site/opukutahi), site · 16.7 km
- [Ōnawe](https://www.chch.live/site/onawe), site · 18.1 km
- [Ōnawe Pā](https://www.chch.live/site/onawe-pa), site · 18.2 km


## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Oruaka Pā?**

A named archaeological site in the open map’s record of Christchurch: mapped as a fortification, lying in [Little River](https://www.chch.live/little-river).

**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/oruaka-pa
The register proper: https://www.chch.live/history
The high places above them: https://www.chch.live/summit