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From the air

aerial view of Takapūneke and the ground around it
From the air, LINZ / ECan aerial survey, CC BY 4.0

Takapūneke

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

On the map as
fortification
The suburb
Akaroa

Where it lies

The pin is OpenStreetMap’s position for the site. The strong outline is the suburb.

The ground under it

The plans and surveys kept here, asked once of the pin. The whole stack answers live: what stood on this ground →

Around it

The reports nearby

35 council reports pinned within 250 m of the point, most often Trees & parks and Water & drains, 27 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.

Trees - General 297–301 Beach Rd, Canterbury, Akaroa 7520 · 28 June 2026
Water Leak 68–326 Onuku Rd, Canterbury, Akaroa 7581 · 29 May 2026
Roads - General Beach Road (Beyond The Lighthouse), Akaroa Canterbury New Zealand · 11 March 2026
Overgrown Vegetation 297–301 Beach Rd, Canterbury, Akaroa 7520 · 12 November 2025
Water Leak 9 Stanley Place, Akaroa · 10 July 2025

Questions, answered briefly

What is Takapūneke?

A named archaeological site in the open map’s record of Christchurch: mapped as a fortification, lying in Akaroa.

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.

The record behind this

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.

This page as markdown: /site/takapuneke.md · the sites as data: /peaks.geojson · on the big map: /map?layer=peaks · the register proper: /history · the high places: /summit · every roll, counted: /geography.