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Surville Cliffs

The Surville Cliffs () are the northernmost point of the mainland of New Zealand. They are situated on the North Cape of the North Island, 30 kilometres to the east of Cape Reinga, and three kilometres more northerly. In the past the cliffs have sometimes been referred to as Kerr Point but true Kerr Point lies a short distance away at the western end of North Cape.

The first European discovery of the cliffs was made by Jean-François-Marie de Surville in December 1769, when he sailed his ship 'St Jean Baptiste' to New Zealand to find a safe anchorage to care for sick crew.

The cliffs expose 1.2 square kilometres of serpentinised peridotite mafic rocks. They form a unique environment that supports a number of threatened and endangered plants endemic to the area, including:

  • Pittosporum ellipticum subsp. serpentinum
  • Hebe brevifolia
  • Hebe ligustrifolia
  • Helichrysum aggregatum
  • Leucopogon parviflorus (Coast Beard-heath)
  • Pimelea tomentosa (Sand Daphne)
  • Phyllocladus trichomanoides (Tanekaha)
  • Pseudopanax lessonii (Coastal Fivefinger)
  • Uncinia perplexa (Surville Cliffs Bastard Grass)
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