Cape Kidnappers

Cape Kidnappers, known in Māori as Te Kauwae-a-Māui, and officially named Cape Kidnappers / Te Kauwae-a-Māui, is a headland at the southern extremity of Hawke Bay on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island. It is at the end of an 8-kilometre (5 mi) peninsula that protrudes into the Pacific Ocean, and 20 kilometres (12 mi) south-east of the city of Napier. The cliffs towards the cape are made up of sandstone, conglomerate, mudstone, river gravel, pumice and silt.

The cape is a breeding site for over 6,500 pairs of Australasian gannets, the largest and most accessible mainland gannet colony in the world. Road access ends at Clifton, which is the departure point for many tourists visiting the colony.

The Cape Kidnappers Golf Course lies between the nearby coastal community of Te Awanga and the headland. 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 after a successful and still ongoing pest-control programme.