# Cass Bay vs Rapaki, the record side by side

| | [Cass Bay](https://www.chch.live/cass-bay) | [Rapaki](https://www.chch.live/rapaki) |
|---|---|---|
| Population | — | — |
| 2023 Census (SA1 join) | 3,117 (indicative) | 3,117 (indicative) |
| Census households | 1,353 | 1,353 |
| Under 15 (Census) | 15% | 15% |
| 65+ (Census) | 17% | 17% |
| Area | 2.7 km² | — |
| People per km² | — | — |
| Reports filed | **538** | 165 |
| Rank on the roll | **86th of 108** | 98th of 108 |
| Reports per km² | 199 | — |
| First report on record | 2015 | 2015 |
| Busiest day | **2022-01-16 (8 reports)** | 2024-07-22 (4 reports) |
| Crashes on record | 16 (0 fatal · 2 serious) | — |
| Epicentres inside the outline | 11 (biggest M4.2) | — |
| Of the outline, red-zoned | — | — |
| The 2011 grade | — | — |
| Flooded on record | — | — |
| The sea’s reach | 1% of the outline | — |
| Slope-hazard bands | 21% of the outline (+79% broad overlay) | — |
| The remembered ground | 17% of the outline (+56% silent-file) | — |
| The wild ledger | — | — |
| The kept view | 90% of the outline (+60% outstanding), 1 ridgeline | — |
| The waiting water | — | — |
| The quiet lines | — | — |
| The drawn water | 12 reaches, 10% setback strips | — |
| The allowed shape | 0% under density overlays | — |
| The rebuild’s receipts | 122 frames filed (2011–2014) | — |
| The pedal network | 0.0 km inside the outline | — |
| The remembered names | — | — |
| The rules on the ground | 8 drawn rules, Rapaki Runanga | — |
| On the hazard register | 1 parcel (none current) | — |
| Made ground on file | 5 parcels (all vouched or natural) | — |
| Surveyed rocks | 762 rocks (419 fell, 71 wobble easy) | — |
| Cleanups on file | 1 parcel (none verified) | — |
| The model’s verdict | unlikely (2% of the outline) | — |
| Engineered defences | — | — |
| The canopy | 17 trees (no veterans, 16 remembered felled) | — |
| The plan’s word | Rural Banks Peninsula (52% of the outline, 7% residential) | — |
| The plan’s reservations | — | — |
| The plan’s exceptions | — | — |
| The listed city | — | — |
| The usual complaints | Water Leak (91), Parks (60), Graffiti (38) | Graffiti (29), Water Leak (26), Roading/Streets (16) |
| Schools | 0 | 0 |
| Parks | **5** | 0 |
| Facilities | 0 | 0 |
| Tracks | 0 | 0 |
| Bus stops | 2 | — |
| Bus routes through | 1 | — |
| Heritage places | 0 | **2** |

Same record, same caveats, the stream counts reports, not virtue.

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is the difference between Cass Bay and Rapaki?**

the record holds 538 reports for Cass Bay and 165 for Rapaki.

**Which has more heritage places, Cass Bay or Rapaki?**

Rapaki, 2 on the heritage register to the other’s 0.

**Where do these numbers come from?**

The same public record for both, council reports, the crash register, the heritage schedule, Stats NZ’s counts. The stream counts reports, not virtue; the caveats are each suburb’s own.

HTML: https://www.chch.live/compare?a=cass-bay&b=rapaki
Data: https://api.chch.live/suburb?slug=cass-bay · https://api.chch.live/suburb?slug=rapaki