# Lake Forsyth / Wairewa, a lake of Christchurch

A named lake in Christchurch, at Little River. Also recorded as “Wairewa” and “Lake Forsyth”.

Suburb: [Little River](https://www.chch.live/little-river)

From the air, an aerial view of Lake Forsyth / Wairewa: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=lake-lake-forsyth-wairewa (LINZ / ECan aerial survey, CC BY 4.0).

## The ground under it

- [Inside a recorded flood footprint](https://www.chch.live/floods), 2011-2014 Flooding - Mayoral Flood Taskforce
- [On scheduled Ngāi Tahu ground](https://www.chch.live/cultural), Te Roto o Wairewa (Lake Forsyth)
- [On a plan-scheduled ecology site](https://www.chch.live/ecology), Lake Forsyth / Wairewa
- [Inside a kept landscape, ONL25.1 - Outstanding Natural Landscape](https://www.chch.live/landscape), the landscape schedule
- [The plan zones this ground Open Space Water and Margins](https://www.chch.live/zones), OWM
- [The nearest recorded shake: M3.2](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 7 October 2010 · 8.1 km from the pin
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.807737&lon=172.740253&radius=250

## Around it

- [Mill pond](https://www.chch.live/lake/mill-pond), lake · 16.5 km
- [Makitaki Pond](https://www.chch.live/lake/makitaki-pond), lake · 22.0 km
- [Lake Ellesmere / Te Waihora](https://www.chch.live/lake/lake-ellesmere-te-waihora), lake · 24.3 km
- [Cashmere Valley Upper Basin](https://www.chch.live/lake/cashmere-valley-upper-basin), lake · 26.5 km


## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Lake Forsyth / Wairewa?**

A named lake in Christchurch, at [Little River](https://www.chch.live/little-river), as the open map records it.

**What else is Lake Forsyth / Wairewa called?**

The map also records “Wairewa” and “Lake Forsyth”, the page answers to all of them.

**Where exactly is Lake Forsyth / Wairewa?**

The pin is OpenStreetMap’s own position for the lake, roughly the water’s middle. Neighbours on the register are near it, not the same record.


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The position and the names are OpenStreetMap’s, a named lake, lagoon, wetland or spring inside the city boundary (ODbL). A pin is the mapper’s position for the feature; the dual names are recorded as the map carries them.
The page: https://www.chch.live/lake/lake-forsyth-wairewa
The whole roll as data: https://www.chch.live/lakes.geojson
The waterways: https://www.chch.live/river
The coast: https://www.chch.live/coast