# Local Purpose (Public Utility) Reserve

Reserve · 8 ha · Hakataramea Highway (Sh82), Waimate (Gorge)

https://www.chch.live/park/892-local-purpose-public-utility-reserve

## Where it sits
Its centre sits about 189 km south-west of the central city, past the suburb outlines this site keeps: a regional reserve.

Centre: [the pin on the map](https://www.chch.live/map?lat=-44.766904537429646&lon=171.01167458485506)

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-44.766904537429646&lon=171.01167458485506

## Questions, answered briefly

**How big is Local Purpose (Public Utility) Reserve?**

8 hectares by the layer’s own polygon.

**Where is Local Purpose (Public Utility) Reserve?**

About 189 km south-west of the central city, past the suburb outlines this site keeps: a regional reserve.

**What kind of place is Local Purpose (Public Utility) Reserve?**

Reserve.

**Where does this record come from?**

Environment Canterbury’s open Parks layer, kind, size and suburb read straight from it.

Data: https://api.chch.live/park?id=892 · layer refreshed 10 October 2026