# Awatea Stream, a waterway of Christchurch

A stream, 1.1 km as OpenStreetMap draws it, crossing 2 suburbs.

## The suburbs on its banks

- [Hornby](https://www.chch.live/hornby)
- [Wigram](https://www.chch.live/wigram)


## The reports along it
529 reports pinned within 150 m of the line, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/9075116), [2 Schofield Lane, Hornby, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/hornby/2-schofield-lane)
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/9022880), [86 Awatea Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/hornby/86-awatea-road)
- [Pest / Vermin](https://www.chch.live/report/8995721), [9 Pistacia Pl, Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/hornby/9-pistacia-place)
- [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/8978337), [2 Brusio Drive, Wigram, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/wigram/2-brusio-drive)
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8936952), [90A Awatea Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/hornby/90a-awatea-road)
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8902520), 4–6 Wilmers Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/8892389), [4 Wilmers Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/hornby/4-wilmers-road)
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8878612), [140 Awatea Road, Wigram, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/wigram/140-awatea-road)
- [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/8833354), Owaka Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand
- [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/8825757), 3–9 Owaka Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8808067), 11–23 Owaka Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8712500), [4 Wilmers Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/hornby/4-wilmers-road)

## Questions, answered briefly

**How long is Awatea Stream?**

1.1 km as mapped, 9 ways in the open map, crossing 2 suburbs.

**Which suburbs does Awatea Stream pass through?**

Hornby, Wigram.

**Is the line on the map the whole waterway?**

It’s the centreline, the middle of the water as mapped on OpenStreetMap, not its banks. A line says where it runs, not how wide it is or whether it carries water today.


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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/awatea-stream
Every waterway as data: https://www.chch.live/waterways.geojson
The whole roll: https://www.chch.live/river