# Wildlife Refuge, a reservoir of Christchurch

A named reservoir in Christchurch, at Hillmorton.

Suburb: [Hillmorton](https://www.chch.live/hillmorton)

From the air, an aerial view of Wildlife Refuge: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=lake-wildlife-refuge (LINZ / ECan aerial survey, CC BY 4.0).

## The ground under it

- [The liquefaction model grades it “Liquefaction Damage is Possible”](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability), the 2019 screening study
- [On a plan-scheduled ecology site](https://www.chch.live/ecology), Heathcote River and Tributaries
- [Inside a kept landscape, SF10 - Significant Feature](https://www.chch.live/landscape), the landscape schedule
- [The plan zones this ground Open Space Metropolitan Facilities](https://www.chch.live/zones), OMF
- [The nearest recorded shake: M3.2](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 30 January 2011 · 1.4 km from the pin · 221 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.553654&lon=172.577482&radius=250

## Around it

- [Nga Puna Wai](https://www.chch.live/park/989-nga-puna-wai), the sports ground park it’s inside
- [Canterbury Agricultural Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1919-canterbury-agricultural-park), sports ground park · ~150 m
- [Walk and bike track through Wigram](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-218-wigram), track · ~400 m
- [Walk and bike track through Hillmorton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-253-hillmorton), track · ~700 m
- [Walk and bike track through Halswell](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-256-halswell), track · ~900 m
- [Platinum Drainage Reserve](https://www.chch.live/lake/platinum-drainage-reserve), lake · 2.3 km
- [Westlake Pond](https://www.chch.live/lake/westlake-pond), lake · 2.6 km
- [Dalgety Pond](https://www.chch.live/lake/dalgety-pond), lake · 3.8 km
- [Kiosk Lake](https://www.chch.live/lake/kiosk-lake), lake · 4.4 km


## The reports nearby
49 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/7953602), [96E Warren Crescent, Hillmorton, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/hillmorton/96e-warren-crescent)
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/7953593), [96E Warren Crescent, Hillmorton, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/hillmorton/96e-warren-crescent)
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/7667510), [98E Warren Crescent, Hillmorton, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/hillmorton/98e-warren-crescent)
- [Water Fountain](https://www.chch.live/report/7297503), [102 Curletts Road, Hillmorton, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/hillmorton/102-curletts-road)
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/7297501), [102 Curletts Road, Hillmorton, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/hillmorton/102-curletts-road)
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7071314), Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/7037274), [98E Warren Crescent, Hillmorton, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/hillmorton/98e-warren-crescent)
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/6967265), [96E Warren Crescent, Hillmorton, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/hillmorton/96e-warren-crescent)
- [Water Fountain](https://www.chch.live/report/6914898), Canterbury Agricultural Park 102 Curletts Road, Hillmorton, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/6797910), [102c Curletts Road, Hillmorton, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/hillmorton/102c-curletts-road)
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/6628144), Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/6335952), [81 Wigram Road, Hillmorton, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/hillmorton/81-wigram-road)

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Wildlife Refuge?**

A named reservoir in Christchurch, at [Hillmorton](https://www.chch.live/hillmorton), as the open map records it.

**Where exactly is Wildlife Refuge?**

The pin is OpenStreetMap’s own position for the reservoir, 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/wildlife-refuge
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
