Cape Kidnappers / Te Kauwae-a-Māui
Cape Kidnappers
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 Looking northeast towards Cape Kidnappers / Te Kauwae-a-Māui | |
.png)  Cape Kidnappers Location of Cape Kidnappers / Te Kauwae-a-Māui in New Zealand | |
| Coordinates: 39°38′41″S 177°05′36″E / 39.6447°S 177.0932°E | |
| Offshore water bodies | South Pacific Ocean |
| Formed by | Erosion |
| Geology | Mudstone |
| Native name | |
Cape Kidnappers, known in Māori as Te Kauwae-a-Māui and officially gazetted as Cape Kidnappers / Te Kauwae-a-Māui, is a headland at the southeastern extremity of Hawke's Bay on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island and sits at the end of an 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) peninsula which protrudes into the Pacific Ocean. It is 20 kilometres (12 mi) south-east of the city of Napier. Access to the cape by road stops at Clifton, which is the departure point for many tourists visiting the gannet colony.[2] The Cape Kidnappers Golf Course lies between the headland and the nearby coastal community of Te Awanga.
The cliffs towards the cape are made up of sandstone, conglomerate, mudstone, river gravel, pumice and silt.[3] The land surrounding the cape and the gannet colony comprises large working farms grazing sheep and cattle. The peninsula, including farm land and the bird colony locations, is enclosed in a predator-proof fence built in 2007 to prevent introduced predators such stoats, ferrets, and feral cats re-invading the headland[4] after a successful and still ongoing pest-control programme.[5]
- ^ a b Pollock, Kerryn. "Naming Cape Kidnappers / Te Kauwae-a-Māui". Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 2022-09-11.
- ^ "Cape Kidnappers visitor experience management plan" (PDF). Department of Conservation. July 2020. p. 2. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
- ^ "Cape Kidnappers/Te Kauwae-a-Māui Gannet Reserve". Department of Conservation. July 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
- ^ Simon Hendery (4 July 2015). "Pushing for a predator-free NZ". Hawke's Bay Today. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
- ^ Linda Hall (23 September 2014). "Working hard to preserve seabirds". Hawke's Bay Today. Retrieved 14 August 2023.