Punakaikiis a small community on theWest Coastof theSouth Islandof New Zealand, betweenWestportandGreymouth. The community lies on the edge of thePaparoa National Park.
ThePancake Rocksare a very popular tourist destination at Dolomite Point south of the main village. The Pancake Rocks are a heavily erodedlimestonearea where the sea bursts through several verticalblowholesduring high tides. Together with the 'pancake'-layering of the limestone (created by immense pressure on alternating hard and soft layers of marine creatures and plant sediments),these form the main attraction of the area.
The Pancake Rocks are presently explorable by a number of walkways winding through the rock formations, parts of thesewheelchair-accessible and others carved intostairwaysup and down the rock faces.State Highway 6, the only through road on the West Coast, passes through the town.