# Heathcote Valley vs Rapaki, the record side by side

| | [Heathcote Valley](https://www.chch.live/heathcote-valley) | [Rapaki](https://www.chch.live/rapaki) |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 2,430 (2023) | — |
| 2023 Census (SA1 join) | 2,379 (indicative) | **3,117 (indicative)** |
| Census households | 1,011 | **1,353** |
| Under 15 (Census) | 15% | 15% |
| 65+ (Census) | **24%** | 17% |
| Area | 8.28 km² | — |
| People per km² | 293 | — |
| Reports filed | **3,284** | 165 |
| Rank on the roll | **45th of 108** | 98th of 108 |
| Reports per km² | 397 | — |
| First report on record | 2015 | 2015 |
| Busiest day | **2017-08-14 (14 reports)** | 2024-07-22 (4 reports) |
| Crashes on record | 66 (3 fatal · 16 serious) | — |
| Epicentres inside the outline | 103 (biggest M6.2) | — |
| Of the outline, red-zoned | 8.3% (69 ha) | — |
| The 2011 grade | TC2 (6.1% of the outline) | — |
| Flooded on record | 5.2% (1 event) | — |
| The sea’s reach | 1% of the outline | — |
| Slope-hazard bands | 37% of the outline (+50% broad overlay) | — |
| The remembered ground | 2% of the outline (+7% silent-file) | — |
| The wild ledger | — | — |
| The kept view | 63% of the outline (+63% outstanding) | — |
| The waiting water | 0% high-hazard (4% managed) | — |
| The quiet lines | — | — |
| The drawn water | 77 reaches (Bridle Path Waterway, Whites Waterway), 6% setback strips | — |
| The allowed shape | — | — |
| The rebuild’s receipts | 1,593 frames filed (2010–2017) | — |
| The pedal network | 0.0 km inside the outline (0.0 km separated), Heathcote Expressway | — |
| The remembered names | 4 plaques, Heathcote Domain, Martindales Reserve No. 2 | — |
| The rules on the ground | 23 drawn rules, Rapaki Runanga | — |
| On the hazard register | 4 parcels (2 current) | — |
| Made ground on file | 124 parcels (2 unvouched) | — |
| Surveyed rocks | 5,632 rocks (3,375 fell, 279 wobble easy) | — |
| Cleanups on file | 2 parcels (none verified) | — |
| The model’s verdict | unlikely (76% of the outline) | — |
| Engineered defences | 96 defences (1 rated poor) | — |
| The canopy | 763 trees (11 veterans, 219 remembered felled) | — |
| The plan’s word | Rural Port Hills (33% of the outline, 12% residential) | — |
| The plan’s reservations | 5% of the outline (5 designations, movement, power & signal) | — |
| The plan’s exceptions | — | — |
| The listed city | 1 scheduled item (1 highly significant) | — |
| The usual complaints | Graffiti (566), Water Leak (383), Roading/Streets (376) | Graffiti (29), Water Leak (26), Roading/Streets (16) |
| Schools | **1** | 0 |
| Parks | **15** | 0 |
| Facilities | 0 | 0 |
| Tracks | **3** | 0 |
| Bus stops | 25 | — |
| Bus routes through | 2 | — |
| Heritage places | **3** | 2 |

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

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is the difference between Heathcote Valley and Rapaki?**

the record holds 3,284 reports for Heathcote Valley and 165 for Rapaki.

**Which has more heritage places, Heathcote Valley or Rapaki?**

Heathcote Valley, 3 on the heritage register to the other’s 2.

**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=heathcote-valley&b=rapaki
Data: https://api.chch.live/suburb?slug=heathcote-valley · https://api.chch.live/suburb?slug=rapaki