-- Draft creation using the WP:Article wizard --New page{{AfC submission|t||ts=20261101031127|u=~2026-58058-04|ns=118|demo=}}[[File:Wairaka Rock from south.jpg|thumb|Wairaka Rock from south]]'''Wairaka Rock''', also known as '''Gibraltar Rock''', is a rock located on the coast south-west of [[Pukerua Bay]], north of [[Wellington]], [[New Zealand]].{{Cite web |title=Wairaka Rock |url=https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22614932 |access-date=2026-11-01 |website=National Library of New Zealand}}{{Cite web |last=Phillips |first=Jock |title=Wairaka rock {{!}} Ngā waewae tapu – Māori exploration |url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/14146/wairaka-rock |access-date=2026-11-01 |website=Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand |language=en}}According to local tradition, the rock represents Wairaka, the wife of the explorer Haunui. Legend holds that after Wairaka fled with her lover, Haunui pursued the pair, eventually overtaking them at Pukerua Bay and transforming Wairaka, her lover, and their companions into stone.{{Cite web |title=Wairaka – The Woman who was Turned to Stone |url=https://www.hearapukeruabay.nz/places/wairaka-the-woman-who-was-turned-to-stone/ |access-date=2026-11-01 |website=He Ara Pukerua Bay |language=en-NZ}}== References =={{Commons category|Wairaka Rock}}{{reflist}}{{NewZealand-geo-stub}}