# Avon Stream / Ōrakipaoa, a waterway of Christchurch

A stream, 1.1 km as OpenStreetMap draws it, crossing 3 suburbs. Also recorded as “Avon Stream” and “Ōrakipaoa”.

## The suburbs on its banks

- [Avonhead](https://www.chch.live/avonhead)
- [Ilam](https://www.chch.live/ilam)
- [Upper Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton)

## On the register along it

Listed places within about 200m of the line, near the water, not necessarily of it.

- [College House Principal's Lodge and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/247)
- [College House Kitchen, Dining Hall, Office, Common Room, Study Centre, Foyer, Accommodation Block and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/450), 100 Waimairi Road
- [College House Accommodation Block (South) Stanford, Carrington, Milford, Parr, Warren and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/451), 100A Waimairi Road
- [College House Chapel and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/452), 100C Waimairi Road
- [College House Accommodation Block (North) Rymer, Chichele, Watts Russell and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/453)
- [College House Library and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/454), 100B Waimairi Road
- [College House Courtyard and setting](https://www.chch.live/place/455), 100A Waimairi Road


## The reports along it
801 reports pinned within 150 m of the line, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9055260), [12 Tripp Place, Ilam, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/ilam/12-tripp-place)
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/8984608), [10 Tripp Place, Ilam, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/ilam/10-tripp-place)
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8974188), [58 Parkstone Avenue, Ilam, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/ilam/58-parkstone-avenue)
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8974014), [52 Parkstone Ave, Canterbury, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/ilam/52-parkstone-avenue)
- [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8942793), Canterbury, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/8942629), [87 Peer Street, Ilam, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/87-peer-street)
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8926698), [100 Waimairi Road, Ilam, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/ilam/100-waimairi-road)
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8917695), [101B Waimairi Road, Ilam, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/ilam/101b-waimairi-road)
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8914356), [64 Solway Ave, Canterbury, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/ilam/64-solway-avenue)
- [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8901841), [15 Parkstone Avenue, Ilam, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/ilam/15-parkstone-avenue)
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8890380), [48 Corfe Street, Ilam, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/ilam/48-corfe-street)
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/8886740), [85 Waimairi Road, Upper Riccarton, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/85-waimairi-road)
## Walks that cross it

- [The college and the homesteads](https://www.chch.live/walks/ilam-college-and-homesteads)


## Questions, answered briefly

**How long is Avon Stream / Ōrakipaoa?**

1.1 km as mapped, 5 ways in the open map, crossing 3 suburbs.

**Which suburbs does Avon Stream / Ōrakipaoa pass through?**

Avonhead, Ilam, Upper Riccarton.

**What else is Avon Stream / Ōrakipaoa called?**

The map also records “Avon Stream” and “Ōrakipaoa”, the page answers to all of them.

**What’s on the record along Avon Stream / Ōrakipaoa?**

7 register places sit within 200m of its line, each opens its own record from this page.


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The line is OpenStreetMap’s, named ways tagged river, stream, drain or canal inside the city boundary, merged by name (ODbL). Centrelines, not banks; the live gauges are instruments, kept at https://www.chch.live/rivers.
The page: https://www.chch.live/river/avon-stream-orakipaoa
Every waterway as data: https://www.chch.live/waterways.geojson
The whole roll: https://www.chch.live/river