Whitewash Head is the name of the seaward clifftop on Scarborough Hill in

Christchurch Christchurch ( ; mi, Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region. Christchurch lies on the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula on Pegasus Bay. The Avon River / ...

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, New Zealand. Taylors Mistake Walkway between

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and Taylors Mistake goes past Whitewash Head. There is a

spotted shag The spotted shag or pārekareka (''Phalacrocorax punctatus'') is a species of cormorant endemic to New Zealand. Though originally classified as ''Phalacrocorax punctatus'', it is sufficiently different in appearance from typical members of that ...

colony in the cliff below Whitewash Head.

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